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Germany closes border with Czech Republic and Austria because of covid

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel takes off her mask at the start of Wednesday's press conferenceMarkus Schreiber / Reuters

Angela Merkel's government has closed part of the land border with the Czech Republic and Austria to prevent the entry of new cases of covid -19. Border controls will be implemented to impose a ban travel with some exceptions, such as comercial transport.