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Nearly Half A Million Companies In Germany File For State Funds To Pay Workers

As Europe's largest economy gets hit with COVID-19, a German government financial aid program will make up some of the lost income for millions of employees.
A woman walks at a closed restaurant in an empty terminal at the airport in Munich. Businesses across Germany have closed or cut back hours because of the new coronavirus.

In Germany, nearly half a million companies have applied for government funds to support employees with reduced work hours, as the country with the largest

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