Berlin banned mass gatherings of over 1000 people on 11th March, ironically the second day of the Cheltenham Festival, so had it been the Berlin Festival it would have taken place. And even then it was only on gatherings over 1000 . I actually thought at the time that Cheltenham should not go ahead but it was in line with both our scientists and Germanys obviously. The thousand was brought down to 2 on the 22nd March, one day before ours on the 23rd. Germany appears to have done well (if you can call any deaths well) but there are also other reasons for that, Some of which I will paste into another post for you.