Bundestag To Vote On New Pandemic Measures

BERLIN, GERMANY - APRIL 21: Karl Lauterbach, MP and health expert of the German Social Democrats (SPD), sits during final debates and a vote on a series of new measures to rein in the coronavirus pandemic on April 21, 2021 in Berlin, Germany. The measures have met strong opposition because they expand the authority of the federal government over Germany's 16 states in imposing lockdown measures. Specifically, Chancellor Merkel's push to enable the federal government to impose nationwide nightly curfews has drawn the ire of critics. Germany is currently in the midst of its third wave of the pandemic, brought on by the B117 variant. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images)