Earlier, several German experts stated that one in three Germans might contract the virus.

Axar.az reports citing foreign media that experts say that up to 70% of the population may contract the novel coronavirus, as there is no vaccine against it, German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated on Wednesday in Berlin.

"We need to understand that the virus is already here, and as long as the population has no immunity against the virus, as long as there are no vaccines and no treatment, the share of the infected population will be high - experts talk about 60-70%," the chancellor said. She did not specify the period of the spread and the country. According to Merkel, the key thing is to slow down the spread of the virus. "We need to buy time," the chancellor said.

Head of the Robert Koch Institute Lothar Wieler confirmed the 60-70% prediction. "We do not know how fast this will happen," he said. "The slower the better."