Germany to issue ban on contact between more than two people

German federal and state authorities are planning to issue a contact ban in the fight against the coronavirus, limiting interactions of more than two people, dpa has learned.

Chancellor Angela Merkel and state premiers agreed to the measure in a phone conference on Sunday.

Exceptions from the meeting ban are to be made for families and people living in the same household.

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Twelve of Germany’s 16 states, among them populous Bavaria, Baden-Wuerttemberg, North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony, had agreed to wide-ranging contact bans ahead of Sunday’s discussions.

(DPA)

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