Germany expected to tighten borders to control spread of Covid variants

Interior minister says danger posed by recent mutations requires drastic measures'

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The German government is expected to announce tighter border controls after warnings from leading virologists that the move is vital to control the spread in the country of more contagious variants of Covid-19.

Angela Merkel, the chancellor, is widely reported to have told a meeting of her CDU party colleagues that air travel in particular needed to be restricted to the extent that you simply can't get anywhere any more".