Germany plans to open smaller shops next week and restart some schools in May in a cautious bid to begin returning to public life after a lengthy shutdown during the coronavirus crisis.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is one of several female world leaders who have been praised for handling the pandemic “in a really impressive manner,” said Abigail Post, an assistant professor of national security and political science at Anderson University in Indiana.

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