The first DIY stores are allowed to open again in Germany

In Germany, the first of 16 federal states have announced the re-opening of DIY stores: from next Monday, 1 March 2021, DIY stores in Bavaria (in the South of Germany), Schleswig-Holstein (North) and Saxony-Anhalt (East) are allowed to open to end consumers again. In several other federal states, garden centres have been open again for a few weeks; the DIY store operators there have now also opened their garden departments. Further federal states have announced the opening of garden centres from March. So far, lockdown in Germany is planned until 7 March.