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Germany partially shuts borders with Czech Republic and Austria amid fears over virus mutations The move from Germany earned a rebuke from the EU. By AFP Sunday 14 Feb 2021, 11:44 AM Feb 14th 2021, 11:44 AM 25,045 Views 40 Comments Officers of the German Federal Police check persons arriving from Austria Officers of the German Federal Police check persons arriving from Austria GERMANY PARTIALLY CLOSED its borders with the Czech Republic and Austria’s Tyrol today over a troubling surge in coronavirus mutations, drawing a swift rebuke from the European Union. A thousand police officers have been mobilised to ensure strict border checks, which recall the much-criticised early days of the pandemic when EU countries hastily closed their frontiers to each other.

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