BERLIN (Reuters) - German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said on Monday that he did not expect any major delays to the construction of Tesla's (NASDAQ: TSLA) factory near Berlin due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The U.S. electric carmaker said last November it would build a factory in Gruenheide in the eastern state of Brandenburg near Berlin, creating up to 12,000 jobs.

(Reporting by Michelle Martin; Editing by Joseph Nasr)