Germany is considering making all people returning from abroad face quarantine and compulsory Covid-19 tests after infection rates jumped above the level at which authorities say hospitals will be overstretched.
The latest proposal is contained in draft plans, seen by Reuters, which will be discussed by national and leaders in a meeting tomorrow when they are due to decide on the next round of measures to deal with the pandemic.
At their last meeting early this month, the leaders agreed a cautious opening, over the objections of Chancellor Angela Merkel, who warned that more infectious variants meant the pandemic would be hard to control.