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Germany extends lockdown until Jan 31 and toughens curbs

by Kirsten GrieshaberGeir Moulson
| January 6, 2021 12:07 AM

BERLIN (AP) — The German government said Tuesday it is extending the country's lockdown by three weeks until Jan. 31, tightening curbs on social contacts and planning limits on people's movements in the worst-affected regions as it tries to reduce stubbornly high infection figures and worrying numbers of coronavirus-related deaths.

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