Merkel aide says border closures unavoidable if infections not curbed


  • World
  • Thursday, 21 Jan 2021

FILE PHOTO: A sign informs of the face mask requirement on an empty street in a business district near the central train station Hauptbahnhof, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, during lockdown in Berlin, Germany, January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany may need to close borders to neighboring countries if they do not act to curb coronavirus infections, Merkel's chief of staff said on Thursday.

Helge Braun told ARD television it was important to get infection levels under control so that countries could protect themselves from new, more transmissible strains of the virus.

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