" The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, has said her country is on the verge of losing control of its fight against the coronavirus pandemic, telling colleagues from her Christian Democratic Union party “the situation is threatening” and “every day counts”.In leaked comments to an internal party meeting, she told those attending of “very, very difficult months ahead” and added that “every day [would] count” in tackling the virus’s spread.Merkel’s bleak remarks came as countries across Europe moved quickly to reimpose what have become both unpopular and economically damaging restrictions, as governments and scientists reported record and still rising numbers of infections across the contine "
