<span style="color: #222222;">Germany will reintroduce border controls with France, Austria, Switzerland, Luxemburg and Denmark from today due to the coronavirus crisis. Goods and cross-border commuters will be exempted from the restrictions.<br />''<br />''German citizens and people with a residency permit will also be allowed to return to the country. People "without a significant reason to travel" and those suspected of infection will not be allowed to cross the affected borders. The new controls would be temporary and would be reassessed from time to time.<br />''<br />''Germany has recorded 4,838 confirmed infections and 12 confirmed deaths so far.</span><br />