German regions plan to end mandatory Covid isolation

A woman walks past a Covid-19 test centre in Frankfurt, Germany (Michael Probst/AP)

Four German regions plan to scrap rules requiring people infected with the coronavirus to isolate at home, saying the pandemic has evolved and it is time for a different approach.

The health ministry in the south-west state of Baden-Wuerttemberg said on Friday the region and two of its neighbours, Bavaria and Hesse, as well as Germany’s northernmost state, Schleswig-Holstein, are working on the details of new rules.