German coalition parties to table coronavirus draft law on Monday

FILE PHOTO: People queue to receive a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during a night of vaccinations with music, at the Arena Treptow vaccination centre in Berlin, Germany, August 9, 2021. John Macdougall/Pool via REUTERS

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The three German parties working to agree on a coalition government by early December will present proposals to combat a raging fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country on Monday, daily newspaper Die Welt said.

"On Monday, we will present to parliament a draft law for a suitable and decisive fight against corona," said the deputy parliamentary leader of the Social Democrats (SPD), Dirk Wiese.