German Christmas markets face second year of closures as Covid rates soar
by Kate Connolly in Berlin from on (#5RR8A)
Many markets have already announced they will not be going ahead amid record case numbers
Soaring coronavirus rates in Germany are threatening plans for a rollout of the country's famous Christmas markets, due to open in about a week's time.
There had been considerable fanfare over municipalities' plans to stage the markets this year after they were called off a year ago.
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