Covid-19.Berlin's mayor Michael Mueller said he would seek the approval of the city's parliament next Tuesday to close stores apart from supermarkets until Jan.
10, and also to extend the school break until that date or put lessons online for a week.Germany's coronavirus cases rose by 23,679 on Thursday to 1,242,203, setting a new record daily rise, while the death toll increased by 440 to 20,372, according to data from the Robert Koch Institute for Infectious Diseases (RKI).Europe's largest economy was more successful than many neighbouring countries in keeping the pandemic under control in the first wave in March and April, but it has been struggling to turn the tide in a second wave, recording record daily deaths.The country has been in.