FILE PHOTO: German border police officers stop a car at the border as controls between Germany and the Czech Republic have been re-established, while the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Zinnwald, Germany, February 14, 2021. REUTERS/Matthias Rietschel
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany said on Monday its decision to impose border controls with the Czech Republic and Austria is a temporary measure of last resort and it defended a lockdown extension against business demands for a roadmap to reopening.
The new restrictions along the normally open borders were prompted by alarm over outbreaks in the Czech Republic and Austria's Tyrol region of strains of the coronavirus that spread faster and cause more illness.
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