Germany aims to lift a travel warning for 31 European countries including Ireland and other EU states from mid-June, a government source has said, provided Covid-19 infection rates remain under control.
It comes as German media reported that social distancing rules imposed to avoid the coronavirus could be eased from 29 June, 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 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,