New restrictions have taken effect along the French-German border. In France's Moselle region, which shares a border with Germany, the coronavirus is spreading more rapidly than in the rest of France. DW's Barbara Wesel went to region to find out more.
France and Germany have agreed that people crossing the border between the French region of Moselle and Germany will have to have proof of a negative COVID-19 antigen test in the previous 48 hours, French Europe Minister Clement Beaune said on Sunday. The French government was eager to keep travel restrictions limited at the border, which 16,000 French workers from Moselle cross each day. "We have negotiated with the Germans so that crossing the border remains allowed, so that these tests are faster and easier antigenic tests," Beaune said on BFM TV.