Germany will enter a four-week lockdown from 2 November, Chancellor Angela Merkel has announced.
Among the measures announced:
- Bars, pubs to shut while restaurants can only serve takeaway.
- Gyms, cinemas and theatres to close
- Groups in private limited to 10 people.
- Hotels to close to tourists and stay open only for essential reasons
- Non-essential travel discouraged.
- Schools, kindergartens and day care centres to stay open
