Leaders of Germany, France urge vigilance over virus variant

The leaders of Germany and France called for vigilance Friday to prevent the spread of a coronavirus variant that this week prompted Britain to delay the planned relaxation of pandemic restrictions in England.

Chancellor Angela Merkel said that while Germany has very low numbers of new COVID-19 infections at present, the "aggressive" delta variant could lead to a rise in new cases.Newsletter sign-up: Get The COVID-19 Brief sent to your inbox

Asked about travel related to the Euro2020 soccer tournament, Merkel it was good to see thousands of fans at the recent Germany-France match in Munich again. Macron said it was important to be vigilant and the European Union would discuss at an upcoming summit how to better harmonize travel restrictions during the pandemic -- something the bloc has struggled to do more than a year after the start of the outbreak.

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