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		</div><p>German Chancellor Angela Merkel has blamed her country’s difficulties during the coronavirus pandemic on “a tendency towards perfectionism”.</p>
<p>In a lengthy television interview with public broadcaster ARD, Ms Merkel acknowledged that mistakes were made by her government, including on plans for an Easter lockdown.</p>
<p>The long-time leader also expressed frustration over the actions of some of Germany’s state governors, including members of her own party, who have resisted tougher restrictions they had previously agreed to.</p>
<p>But Ms Merkel, who is not running again in September’s national election, said she stands by her pledge to offer every adult a vaccine by the end of the summer, and insisted Germany still compares well with most of its neighbours.</p>
<p>“Perhaps we’re very perfectionist at times and want to do everything right, because obviously whoever makes a mistake always faces quite a lot of public criticism,” Ms Merkel said.</p>
<p>“We have a difficult situation,” she said. “But look at our neighbours. With the exception of Denmark they are all grappling with the same problems, in part from a much more difficult position.”</p>
<p>“We also need to voice a bit of courage and strength,” she added.</p>
<p>Germany’s disease control agency on Monday reported 9,872 newly confirmed cases in the past day, and 43 deaths.</p>
<p>Since the start of the outbreak, the country of 83 million has recorded almost 2.8 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 75,913 deaths.</p>
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