Germany is to be plunged into a national lockdown over Christmas amid rising cases of coronavirus.
Under new measures which will last from 16 December until 10 January, schools and non-essential shops will be closed.
Bars and restaurants will remain shut, while the sale of fireworks will be banned ahead of New Year's Eve.
Drinking alcohol in public will also be banned until 10 January.
The measures agreed between Chancellor Angela Merkel and the leaders of the country's 16 federal states build on restrictions already in place under a partial lockdown.
"We are forced to act, and we're acting too," Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters in Berlin.
The number of people allowed to meet indoors will remain restricted to five - excluding those under the age of 14.
Finance Minister Olaf Scholz has announced there will be an offer of financial support for businesses, in an effort to soften the economic blow of the lockdown.
Germany has been in a partial lockdown for the last six weeks and while bars and restaurants have been closed over that period, shops and schools have remained open.
Politicians have been alarmed in recent days as infection rates hit record levels.
The country's health ministry recorded a daily case rise of 20,200 on Sunday to a total of 1,320,716, while the number of people that have died with coronavirus in Germany rose by 321 to 21,787.
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2020-12-13 10:52:30Z
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