⁍ German Chancellor Angela Merkel is planning a ‘lockdown light’ which would mainly focus on the closure of bars and restaurants to slow down a second wave of coronavirus infections, newspaper Bild reported on Monday.

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⁍ Shops could remain open with certain restrictions under Merkel’s plan, which she will discuss with Germany’s 16 state premiers on Wednesday, the report said.

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– Germany is facing its second outbreak of e.g. coronavirus this year, and health officials are planning a “lockdown light” to help slow it down, Reuters reports. Under the plan, bars and restaurants would be forced to close and some non-essential services would be limited. German Chancellor Angela Merkel would discuss the plan with the country’s 16 state premiers on Wednesday.