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German leaders agree draft easing planGermany’s federal and state leaders have agreed that all shops and amateur open-air sports can re-open, a draft document reveals.
The paper seen by Reuters, dated late on 5 May, was prepared by federal chancellery chief Helge Braun and the heads of the regional chancelleries for a telephone conference Angela Merkel is due to hold with premiers of the 16 states later on Wednesday.
Based on infection levels, states will decide on their own about a gradual opening of universities, restaurants, bars, hotels, trade fairs, cosmetic studios, brothels, theatres, fitness studios, cinemas and discos all under certain hygiene and distancing concepts, said the draft.