Germany extends partial shutdown well into December

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the country’s 16 state governors have agreed to extend a partial shutdown well into December in an effort to further reduce the rate of coronavirus infections ahead of the Christmas period. Germany embarked on a so-called “wave-breaker” shutdown on Nov. 2, initially slated to last four weeks. Merkel said Wednesday the measures will now be extended until Dec. 20, with a goal of pushing the regional number of new cases per w