24 Mar 2020

Coronavirus: Germany bans all public gatherings

From Morning Report, 6:17 am on 24 March 2020

Germany has banned public gatherings of more than two people in a bid to curtail the coronavirus.

Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is herself in isolation, told the public "our own behaviour" was the "most effective way" of slowing the rate of infection.

Germany correspondent Thomas Sparrow speaks to Susie Ferguson.