Germany agrees tougher rules to fight rising COVID-19 infections

Germany's surge in coronavirus cases has been mainly blamed on summer travel and friends and family get-togethers. BERLIN: Germany will get tougher on masks, extend a ban on large events and introduce new quarantine rules for travellers to combat a worrying rise in coronavirus cases, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday .

There was a glimmer of hope however for football fans, after politicians agreed to let a working group come up with a concept by the end of October to possibly allow spectators at large sporting events. "We have decided today, and this is new, that we are calling on people to avoid travel to risk areas wherever possible," Merkel said.

From Oct 1, those returning to Germany from a risk area will have to go into quarantine at home for at least five days before taking a test. Only if they then test negative can they be released early from the 14-day quarantine.Merkel and regional leaders had hoped to set an upper limit for the number of people allowed at gatherings in private homes, but were unable to agree.

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