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Germany heads into November 'lockdown light' to slow virus

by Frank JordansGeir Moulson
| October 28, 2020 11:36 AM

BERLIN (AP) — German officials agreed Wednesday to a four-week shutdown of restaurants, bars, theaters and other leisure facilities in an effort to curb a rapid rise in coronavirus infections, opting for decisive action to prevent an “acute national health emergency,” Chancellor Angela Merkel said.

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