BERLIN : Germany aims to lift a travel warning for 31 European countries from mid-June, a government source said, and media reported that social distancing rules imposed to avoid the coronavirus could be eased from June 29, a week earlier than planned.
German regions are in talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel on how to further relax restrictions introduced in March to slow the spread of the new coronavirus.
An initial easing of measures does not seem to have caused a significant spike in infections. Balancing the need to revive Europe's biggest economy - which faces its deepest recession since World War Two - with protecting public health, Germany's 16 state premiers will try on Wednesday to agree with Merkel on the way forward.