Germany Pushes Work From Home to Counter Europe’s Covid Surge
- Lawmakers putting final touches to law to be approved Thursday
- Ireland, Italy are latest countries to tighten restrictions
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Germany’s likely next ruling coalition is pushing ahead with tougher measures to tackle record increases in coronavirus cases, including requiring companies to let employees work from home where possible.
The proposed law also in some cases limits access to the workplace to people who are vaccinated, recovered or provide a negative test, according to parliamentary documents published Wednesday. The Social Democrats, Greens and Free Democrats aim to use their Bundestag majority to get it through the lower house of parliament on Thursday.