LIVE: Merkel holds presser following coronavirus meeting with federal heads of states

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Berlin Mayor Michael Müller and Minister President of Bavaria Markus Söder are holding a joint press conference in Berlin on Monday, November 16, following a meeting between the heads of the regional governments on the country’s response to the pandemic. The main topic of the meeting is to discuss how effective the measures of the so-called “lockdown light“, imposed on November 2, have been so far. Those included limiting bars and restaurants to takeaway and pickup only, cl