Germany set to tighten borders to fend off coronavirus variants
CGTN Europe • 1m 46s
Germany is expected to announce tighter border controls after leading virologists warned the measures would be necessary to control more contagious variants of COVID-19.
Leaders in Berlin have been considering the policy for weeks and previously put pressure on the European Union for tougher bloc-wide travel rules during a European Council meeting last week.
Germany's Interior Minister Horst Seehofer told reporters that a national policy was being prepared but nothing was definite yet.
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