BERLIN (AP) — Germany has implemented tight border controls on its frontiers with the Czech Republic and Austria’s Tyrol province in an effort to stem the spread of more contagious coronavirus variants. The new restrictions that took effect on Sunday limit entry from those areas to German citizens and residents, truck drivers, transport and health service staff and a few others, who have to register online and show a negative coronavirus test. The German government warned that some border delays were possible, but police said there were no major tailbacks on Sunday morning. Infection rates in Germany have been declining steadily for weeks but officials are concerned about the possible impact of variants first discovered in Britain and South Africa.
