03-12-2021, 12:10 PM
Plans include ban on entering leisure facilities such as cinemas and non-essential shops
German leaders, including Chancellor Angela Merkel and her designated successor Olaf Scholz, were expected to approve a de facto "lockdown for the unvaccinated" to combat surging Covid-19 cases.
Dr Merkel, Mr Scholz and the leaders of Germany's 16 states tightened Covid restrictions just two weeks ago, but are in talks again to impose even tougher measures amid a raging fourth wave of the virus.
According to a draft agreement seen by AFP, the plans include a blanket ban on entering bars, restaurants, theatres, cinemas and other leisure facilities for anyone who has not been vaccinated or recovered from Covid- a system known as 2G in Germany.
The unvaccinated would also be banned from Christmas markets and non-essential shops, as well as be hit by contact restrictions limiting the number of people they can socialize with...
Part of an article found in today's The New Paper
German leaders, including Chancellor Angela Merkel and her designated successor Olaf Scholz, were expected to approve a de facto "lockdown for the unvaccinated" to combat surging Covid-19 cases.
Dr Merkel, Mr Scholz and the leaders of Germany's 16 states tightened Covid restrictions just two weeks ago, but are in talks again to impose even tougher measures amid a raging fourth wave of the virus.
According to a draft agreement seen by AFP, the plans include a blanket ban on entering bars, restaurants, theatres, cinemas and other leisure facilities for anyone who has not been vaccinated or recovered from Covid- a system known as 2G in Germany.
The unvaccinated would also be banned from Christmas markets and non-essential shops, as well as be hit by contact restrictions limiting the number of people they can socialize with...
Part of an article found in today's The New Paper