Germany plans to relax COVID quarantine rules as cases soar

A person walks past a closed coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing station, in Berlin, Germany, March 18, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany plans to end mandatory quarantine for most people who catch COVID-19, the health ministry proposed on Thursday, as numbers isolating with the infection top four million.

Under the existing rules, people with COVID must quarantine for at least seven days.