Germany defends COVID border curbs
A German minister on Tuesday defended the most recent border restrictions as essential to curb the pass on of extra contagious variants of the coronavirus as the EU faces a brand new wave of disjointed travel curbs. "These measures definitely put an enormous strain on border regions, commuters and the transportation of things and the single industry, but the security of our residents is paramount," German European countries Minister Michael Roth said ahead of talks along with his EU counterparts on Tuesday.
He indicated, even so, that Germany was hoping to prevent in its border with France constraints akin to those set up on the Czech and Austrian frontiers.
Germany is found in close connection with French authorities to make sure coordination of border constraints, Roth said, adding that Germany has up to now not seen the brand new variants of the virus pass on from France, in contrast to was the circumstance with the Czech Republic.
