(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 16, 2020 German Chancellor Angela Merkel makes a press statement on the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19 at the Chancellery, in Berlin. - Germany will extend its current restrictions on public life to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus by two weeks until April 19, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on April 1, 2020. (Photo by Markus Schreiber / POOL / AFP)