Germany is to be plunged into a national lockdown over Christmas amid rising cases of coronavirus.
Under new measures which will last from 16 December until 10 January, schools and non-essential shops will be closed.
Bars and restaurants will remain shut, while the sale of fireworks will be banned ahead of New Year’s Eve.
Drinking alcohol in public will also be banned until 10 January.
The measures agreed between Chancellor Angela Merkel and the leaders of the country’s 16 federal states build on restrictions already in place under a partial lockdown.
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