Germany plans to extend restrictions to contain the COVID-19 spread until March 14, according to a draft statement on talks between Chancellor Angela Merkel and leaders of 16 federal states.

The number of new daily infections in Germany is falling, forcing some regional leaders to push for lifting quarantines, but concerns are growing about the impact of more infectious strains of the virus,  Reuters reported.

“We have a highly fragile situation,” Winfried Kretschmann, Greens premier of the southern state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, told Spiegel Online. “We can see in other countries, such as Portugal, how quickly the tide can turn.”

The draft document states that hairdressing salons can reopen upon strict conditions from March 1.

Merkel made it clear she wants a seven-day incidence of 50 cases per 100,000 people to be the benchmark for restrictions to be lifted. That number currently stands at 68.

Germany on Wednesday reported 8,072 new cases of COVID-19, 813 deaths, bringing the total death toll to 62,969.