• Germany could be preparing to extend its current lockdown into December as the number of coronavirus infections remains high across the country.
• Chancellor Angela Merkel is due to meet state leaders on Wednesday.
• Berlin is hopeful a coronavirus vaccine can soon be rolled out.

Germany could be preparing to extend its current lockdown into December as the number of coronavirus infections remains high across the country.

Yet Berlin is hopeful a coronavirus vaccine can soon be rolled out with the country’s health minister expressing optimism that “the pandemic will lose its horror in a few months.”

Trump Jr., who is asymptomatic and has been quarantining since his diagnosis, is the latest person to contract the virus connected to President Donald Trump and the White House, CNBC’s Spencer Kimball reports.

The president tested positive for Covid-19 in early October, along with the first lady and their son, Barron Trump. About 45 people in Trump’s circle have tested positive for the virus in recent months.