BERLIN: Germany is planning to extend restrictions on restaurants and hotels until Jan. 10, sources familiar with discussions between the federal government and 16 states said on Wednesday.
Chancellor Angela Merkel is holding talks with regional governors on whether coronavirus
lockdown measures introduced last month are enough to turn the tide.
While the daily rise in infection numbers has started to fall, Germany reported its highest single-day death toll since the start of the pandemic on Wednesday and regions that had been spared the worst of the virus are seeing case numbers surge.
Citing this reality, one state leader vowed to push for stricter measures at the talks with Merkel.
Sources familiar with the talks said Merkel and state leaders could decide on extending restrictions for restaurants and hotels in mid-December.
A partial lockdown that was imposed at the start of November was last week extended into December.
More than 17,000 new cases were reported overnight, and 487…
