No handshake for Merkel as Germany coronavirus cases reach 150

Germany's interior minister rebuffed Chancellor Angela Merkel's attempt to shake hands with him on Monday as the number of novel coronavirus cases in the country rose to 157 with Berlin reporting its first infection.When Merkel reached out to greet Horst Seehofer at a meeting on migration in Berlin, he smiled and kept both his hands to himself.Health experts have recommended avoiding handshakes as a way of preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus.