Covid: Germany announces restrictions for unvaccinated

Germany's national and regional leaders have agreed to bar unvaccinated people from much of public life in a bid to fend off a fourth wave of Covid-19. Only those who have been vaccinated or who've recently recovered from Covid will be allowed in restaurants, cinemas, leisure facilities and many shops.

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(Photo: Germany's outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a rose after attending a Grand Tattoo of the German armed forces Bundeswehr at the Defence Ministry in Berlin, Germany, on 2 December 2021. Credit: Reuters / Bensch)