Germany tightens border checks to keep out virus variants

Cars and lorries from the Czech Republic wait to enter Germany (Sebastian Kahnert/dpa via AP)

Germany has implemented tighter border controls on its frontiers with the Czech Republic and Austria’s Tyrol province in an effort to stem the spread of more contagious coronavirus variants.

The new restrictions limit entry from those areas to German citizens and residents, lorry drivers, transport and health service staff and a few others, who have to register online and show a negative coronavirus test.