German plan to close borders

Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that Germany could close border crossings to halt the spread of more transmissible coronavirus strains. Germany shares borders with nine European countries


UK
NORWAY                          
DENMARK 
NETHERLANDS
SWEDEN
BELGIUM 
LUX.
FRANCE
GERMANY
SWITZ.
POLAND
CZECHIA
AUSTRIA                                                                                                        
ESTONIA
LATVIA 
LITHUANIA                 
SLOVAKIA 
HUNGARY


Schengen Area: No border controls	Covid cases 00	Fatalities*

UK					3,515,796	93,469
France 					3,023,661	71,792
Italy 					2,414,166	83,681
Germany 				2,100,618	50,017
Poland 					1,450,747	34,141
Neth. 					940,106		13,350
Czechia 				917,359 	14,973
Belgium 				684,256 	20,572
Switz. 					504,918 	8,924
Austria 				398,096 	7,237
Denmark					192,187 	1,873
Lux.   					49,204 		562


*Data as at Jan 21
        
              
Angela Merkel: Germany has proposed ban on all UK residents entering EU countries


Sources: Reuters, The Times, Johns Hopkins University 
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