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Coronavirus: German Chancellor Angela Merkel urges ‘significantly’ tougher curbs — reports

Germans could be facing tougher restrictions soon, following comments by Chancellor Angela Merkel to politicians. There is already a lockdown, but it's not having much impact, official statistics seem to show.

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