BREAKING: Germany will enter a four-week lockdown from 2 November, Chancellor Angela Merkel has announced.
The details include:
- Bars and pubs to shut
- Restaurants to shut except for takeaway
- Gyms, cinemas and theatres to close
- Private gatherings banned for more than 10 people and more than two households
- Hotels to close to tourists and stay open only for essential reasons
- Non-essential travel discouraged
- Shops to stay open but with fewer than one person per 10 square metres
- Schools, kindergartens and day care centres to stay open
- Ms Merkel said she "wants to make sure" nursing homes can still receive visitors during the lockdown, which will be reviewed in two weeks.