Taste of freedom for Germans amid controversial reopening
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06/04/2021 - 17:14 Snow was not enough to put Saarlanders off a session on a cafe terrace after a tentative reopening JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN AFP 3 min
Saarbruecken (Germany) (AFP)
Beer lovers and fitness fanatics braved sleet and snow to return to restaurants and gyms Tuesday as the small German state of Saarland began a controversial easing of coronavirus restrictions.
In a move criticised by Chancellor Angela Merkel, the region on the French and Luxembourg frontiers became the first of Germany s 16 states to loosen its partial lockdown, allowing those with an up-to-date negative test to return to day-to-day activities.