Germany set to extend coronavirus lockdown measures again

A worker cleans the platform at the central station in Frankfurt, Germany (Michael Probst/AP)

German authorities are expected to extend lockdown measures again on Monday and possibly tighten some restrictions as they face a steady rise in new coronavirus infections.

Chancellor Angela Merkel and 16 state governors, who are responsible for imposing and lifting restrictions in the decentralised country, are holding a video conference nearly three weeks after they agreed a step-by-step plan paving the way to relax some rules.