2 5 ▁March , ▁the ▁German ▁Bund est ag ▁approved , ▁with ▁a ▁large ▁majority , ▁the ▁stim ulus ▁package ▁which ▁the ▁government ▁had ▁decided ▁on ▁two ▁days ▁earlier . ▁It ▁also ▁susp ended ▁the ▁constitution ally ▁en sh r ined ▁deb t ▁bra ke ▁to ▁appro ve ▁the ▁supp lement ary ▁government ▁budget ▁of ▁ 1 5 6   b ill ion ▁eu ros . ▁The ▁Kult us minister kon fer enz ▁decided ▁against ▁can cell ing ▁the ▁Ab it ur ▁school - le aving ▁exam in ations , ▁which ▁were ▁currently ▁under ▁way ▁in ▁Hessen ▁and ▁Rh in eland - Pal at inate . ▁The ▁Robert ▁Koch ▁Institute ▁( R K I ) ▁war ned ▁that ▁the ▁ep ide mic ▁had ▁only ▁just ▁begun ▁in ▁Germany . ▁ ▁On ▁ 2 6 ▁March , ▁Robert ▁Bos ch ▁GmbH ▁announced ▁it ▁had ▁developed ▁a ▁new ▁COVID - 1 9 ▁test ▁system , ▁which ▁could ▁diagn ose ▁whether ▁a ▁patient ▁was ▁inf ected ▁in ▁less ▁than ▁ 2 . 5 ▁hours ▁instead ▁of ▁days ▁and ▁could ▁be ▁run ▁automatically ▁at ▁the ▁point ▁of ▁care . ▁According ▁to ▁Bos ch , ▁the ▁test ▁would ▁be ▁available ▁in ▁Germany ▁in ▁April ▁and ▁could ▁check ▁for ▁ 1 0 ▁resp ir atory ▁path og ens ▁simultaneously ▁with ▁an ▁accuracy ▁of ▁more ▁than ▁ 9 5 %. ▁At ▁night , ▁it ▁was ▁reported ▁the ▁Inter ior ▁Minister , ▁Hor st ▁See ho fer , ▁had ▁decided ▁to ▁w iden ▁the ▁scope ▁of ▁the ▁entry ▁restrictions , ▁which