In contrast to the spring lockdown, travel within the country will not be affected and retail shops will stay open. Daily infections surged over 1,000 this week, peaking at 1,690 Friday. ———BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel is pledging to help companies hit by a new German partial shutdown “quickly and unbureaucratically” as the country reports the latest in a string of daily coronavirus infection records. The government plans to spend up to 10 billion euros ($11.7 billion) to compensate companies hit by the latest shutdown. We want to help quickly and unbureaucratically.”

Source: Daily Sun October 31, 2020 22:07 UTC