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Reuters
Reuters
Health
Zuzanna Szymanska and Riham Alkousaa

Germany extends COVID curbs as infections threaten infrastructure

FILE PHOTO: Judith Johanna Pawelke poses with a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test in her interior design store, which is currently being used as a COVID-19 test station in downtown Munich, Germany, January 19, 2022. REUTERS/Lukas Barth

Germany on Monday extended its current pandemic measures as the experts panel appointed by the government has warned the fast spreading Omicron coronavirus variant could bring critical infrastructure in Europe's biggest economy to a breaking point.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he had agreed with the heads of the federal states to extend restrictions such as limiting private gatherings to 10 ten people and requiring proof of booster vaccination or a negative test at restaurants.

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