Bavaria threatens to close Austria border if Tirol eases Covid rules

German state worried at Austrian region's plan to relax lockdown despite rise of South African variant Coronavirus - latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Germany's southernmost state is threatening to close its border with Tirol, as the Austrian region says it wants to relax lockdown restrictions in spite of an outbreak of the South African Covid-19 variant. Authorities in Tirol, an Alpine state containing several ski resorts popular with tourists, said on Monday morning it had so far...