The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to worsen in the coming months, AP reported referring to German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

According to her, the government will do everything so that our children do not suffer from the pandemic.

School and kindergarten should be the most important things, she added. Merkel warned that the COVID-19 pandemic will make life more difficult in the coming months than in the summer, and urged Germans to continue to take the threat seriously.

It is important to contain the spread of infections, she said, as people are increasingly found indoors. She highlighted three priorities, including ensuring children's access to education despite the pandemic, ensuring economic recovery, and maintaining social cohesion.

Merkel also said the European Commission is working to sign new contracts with pharmaceutical companies to provide vaccines against COVID-19.