This came up in the general news this week....over Flensburg (a German town at the extreme north border, next to Denmark). Population? 90k.
There's massive fear of the Brit-mutation of Covid-19 passing into the community (fair amount existing in Denmark).
So the mayor has instructed the police to be vigilant. What this translates into? There's at least 300 'checks' per evening around Flensburg. Curfew starts at 9 PM and ends at 5 AM. Anyone who is noted out and about.....gets stopped by the police and their trip becomes a serious consequence situation.
It's an aggressive approach to limiting Covid-19 and likely to irritate a fair number of Germans. You can imagine some couple who've been out and racing home to be there ahead of the 9 PM curfew, and at 9:10....finding themselves stopped a block away from the house by the police and interrogated over their purpose of the trip. If they give a weak explanation? It means a summons to a judge and potential fine.
It's a bold new world now existing and people shaking their heads over the level of rules, and rule-breaking.
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