German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the current German economy is the worst in the history, ARD channel reported.

According to her, nearly 7 million people in Germany were shifted to part-time jobs. 

The Chancellor highlighted the need to make every effort to overcome the crisis. 

The Chancellor recalled that earlier the authorities had adopted a package of measures to stimulate the national economy with a total volume of € 130 billion to overcome the crisis caused by the pandemic. These support measures have become the largest since the reunification of Germany, RBC reported.

According to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University, over 184 thousand COVID-19 cases have been detected in Germany, while the death toll has reached 8,635 people died.