Germany will classify France as a high-risk zone for COVID-19, Chancellor Angela Merkel said, in a move that could see Berlin tighten border controls and require mandatory quarantine to enter the country. The decision will come into force on Friday and be announced by the national health institute, the Robert Koch Institute, according to the newspaper FAZ. COVID-10 incidence rates, which measure the number of infections in every 100,000 people over the previous seven days, have crossed the threshold of 200 in numerous French departments. In Ile-de-France, the region which encompasses the capital of Paris, it has passed 600. "While we see such a high incidence it is simply a necessity... a practically automatic process," Chancellor Merkel told a press conference in Berlin Thursday as part of an EU summit focused on the fight against Covid-19. "It is not related here to a political decision but when we see the evolution of the incidence rate - as is the case here - exceed the threshold of 200 for a long time, that requires a classification as a zone of high risk," she added. Up until now, only France's border area of Moselle had been classified by Germany as a high-risk...