German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants a gradual reopening of shuttered stores and hotels next month as long as the coronavirus infection rate continues to fall in Europe’s biggest economy.Passengers traveling to the UK will face tougher quarantine measures, including enforced stays in hotels, repeated tests and the threat of fines as authorities seek to get a grip on the coronavirus pandemic.Also Read | Inside the third front of the farm agitationHong Kong’s government will hold a press conference on the Covid-19 situation later Wednesday.
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