Corona in Germany: The economy is threatened with a hard winter

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“We are heading towards more staff absences due to Corona”

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If the post doesn’t bring any letters because the delivery person is ill, citizens notice it immediately.

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In the next few months, many employees could become infected – and then be absent from their companies. While the industry is still relaxed, daycare centers, clinics and the post office are already having problems.

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Elisabeth Dostert, Thomas Fromm, Alexander Hagelüken, Michael Kläsgen and Nils Wischmeyer

If you exit the federal highway 54 in Lünen into a small commercial area, you will quickly come to Hans Dieter Storzer. The man with the bald head and square glasses is here, near Dortmund, head of the EBG Group, which turns over 50 million euros a year with distribution boxes. In just a few steps, he is in the production hall, where the press shop makes anyone standing nearby sweat. The order books are full. Storzer could be relaxed. But the 59-year-old is in crisis mode.

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