FUSSEN, GERMANY - APRIL 05: A German police man stops a car at a checkpoint at the border to Austria, where crossings have been severely restricted in an effort to rein in the spread of the coronavirus, on April 5, 2020 near Fussen, Germany. Public life in Bavaria remains heavily curtailed with outings limited to essentials as both the state of Bavaria and federal Germany seek to stem the spread of the virus. Nationwide confirmed cases of infection have reached 96,000 and 1,444 people have died. (Photo by Andreas Gebert/Getty Images)
The border between Austria and Germany will start to gradually reopen from Friday, the Austrian tourism ministry said today.
A spokesman for the ministry said the chancellors of the two countries agreed to reopen the border for day-trippers and commuters in a first step towards full normalization.
The second step would see a full reopening on June 15, taking into account coronavirus numbers at the time, the spokesman said.
