Germany Tightens Restrictions Due to Rise in Covid-19 Cases; Restricts Social Contact for Unvaccinated People
December 02 2021 - 10:01AM
Dow Jones News
By Cecilia Butini
Germany is tightening restrictions aimed at curbing the spread
of the coronavirus given a recent rise in cases.
Restrictions include a ban from retail and social-gathering
venues for unvaccinated people.
During a joint conference with the heads of regional
governments, incumbent chancellor Angela Merkel said the government
would extend the so-called 2G rule--which grants access to venues
only to the vaccinated or to people who have recently recovered
from the virus--to retail.
The chancellor also said big events would have further
restrictions, and that night clubs would be closed in case the
incidence of new infections surpasses 350 per 100,000
inhabitants.
The government also reintroduced a mask mandate in schools.
Write to Cecilia Butini at cecilia.butini@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
December 02, 2021 09:46 ET (14:46 GMT)
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