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Angela Merkel seeks tougher virus rules

By AFP
September 30, 2020

BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel will push on Tuesday for Germany’s 16 states to agree to tougher measures including alcohol bans or stricter mask requirements should coronavirus cases soar beyond a threshold as winter approaches.

With infection rates rising again since the summer, Merkel will stress at a meeting with state premiers later on Tuesday the importance of not risking another full-fledged lockdown across Germany like in mid-March.