⁍ Germany may introduce compulsory coronavirus testing for holidaymakers returning from high-risk destinations.

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⁍ Health Minister Jens Spahn told Deutschlandfunk the government wanted to do everything possible to stem the spread of the virus.

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⁍ Germany has so far done a better job than many countries at containing the virus thanks to early and extensive testing.

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– Germany is considering forcing people returning from places like the US, Brazil, and Turkey where the MERS-CoV virus is rampant to get tested for the disease, the country’s health minister said Saturday. “We are also checking whether it is legally possible to oblige someone to do a test, because it would be an encroachment on freedom,” Jens Spahn told a radio station, per Reuters. “We want to do everything to stem the spread of the virus while respecting people’s basic rights,” he said, adding that the government is also looking into whether it is possible to make the testing mandatory in the courts. The move comes after the number of new cases in Germany spiked to 815 on Friday, the highest number since mid-May, and remained high on Saturday with 781 new cases, according to data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases, reports the BBC. The disease has been traced to a German tourist in Spain, but video footage of German tourists in Spain has raised concerns that they may bring the virus home, reports the Local, which notes that Germany has so far done a better job than many countries at containing the virus thanks to early and extensive testing. However, video footage of unruly behavior by some German tourists in Spain has raised concerns that holidaymakers are at increased risk of infection and could bring the virus home. The number of new confirmed cases increased sharply on Friday to 815, data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed, the biggest tally since mid-May. It remained high on Saturday with 781 new cases.