Germany considers easing mask rules as infections fall

Guests sit at a distance from one another ahead of the screening of a film as part of the Berlinale Summer Special film festival (Stefanie Loos/AP)

Germany has recorded its lowest number of new daily coronavirus infections in nearly nine months, and officials are floating the possibility of loosening mask-wearing rules.

The Robert Koch Institute, the national disease control centre, said on Monday that 549 new cases were reported over the previous 24 hours.