The German cabinet will today extend a travel warning for all tourism trips abroad until at least 14 June, magazine Der Spiegel reported, saying that a Foreign Ministry document to that effect had been agreed with other ministries.
According to the Robert Koch Institute Germany has 157,641 confirmed Covid-19 cases and 6,115 deaths. From today, masks will be needed to enter shops across Germany.
Face coverings were already compulsory on buses, trains and trams. "We all need to take care that we don't end up with more infections," said Lothar Wieler, president of Berlin's Robert Koch Institute for disease control.
Germany is being closely watched as data on infection rates showed mixed results. Italy, Spain and France have been the worst