Local Covid-19 lockdowns too blunt, say German politicians

Administrators from Germany's first local outbreak want more precise way of dealing with flare-ups

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Locking down entire communities is too blunt an instrument to fight coronavirus flare-ups, politicians from the area affected by Germany's first local lockdown" have complained after a week of reimposed physical distancing measures.

While restrictions continue to be relaxed across the rest of the country, the Gutersloh district in the western state of North-Rhine Westphalia will from today go into a second week of closed schools, nurseries, bars and museum following an outbreak of Covid-19 at a local abattoir.