Coronavirus: Germany seals its borders as 100m Europeans on lockdown

Restrictions on travel and commerce across continent as countries scramble to contain threatCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWalls are being raised and mass quarantines enforced across Europe to combat the spread of the coronavirus, with Germany the latest to partly seal its borders, banning entrants from France, Switzerland and Austria from Monday.More than 100 million people across the continent are on lockdown after Spain announced it would follow Italy in confining citizens to their homes for 15 days unless they had to buy food or medicine, go to work or seek medical treatment.Continue reading...
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