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The Esslingen district has significantly exceeded the critical limit of 50 new corona infections per 100,000 inhabitants. The district office has now submitted new measures.
To counteract the growing infections with Covid-19, the obligation to wear a daily mask applies in the Esslingen district from midnight on Friday. District Administrator Heinz Eininger (CDU) announced this at a press conference Thursday. This applies when the minimum distance cannot be maintained. For example in pedestrian areas. There will be more controls.
District administrator – you don’t have to do everything you need to do
There are also more restrictions for private celebrations: in the case of rented rooms, no more than 25 visitors can participate, in private parties no more than ten, according to Eininger. This measure aims to spread it in families. Point out that you don’t have to do everything you need to do. For example, an audience at indoor sporting events is possible, but it is advisable not to allow spectators. Religious communities are also asked to sensitize their members.
Follow the press conference in full again here:
The freight center is becoming an access point
Since Wednesday it has become clear that DHL’s cargo center in Köngen is becoming an access point. There, 250 smears were taken, 76 people were infected, but not all the results were there. According to the information, many refugees work there, who in turn lived in shared accommodation.
Now there would be more people with severe courses of Covid-19 in the clinics. The test-drive center in Nürtingen will also become more frequented, so the second one at Messe Stuttgart will be operational again.
The Esslingen district now has 52.3 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in seven days. According to the health department, the critical mark of 50 new infections in the district was surpassed on Wednesday. On Thursday, the district must now decide on concrete measures against further spread of the virus. The region is officially a German “hotspot”.
Mayor calls for masking requirements in Esslingen
Esslingen Mayor Jürgen Zieger (SPD) has already called for a mask requirement in public spaces for the entire city area as of Friday morning. “We just see ourselves as responsible for the large number of infections that we have. There are unique outlets that you don’t have to be particularly proud of to take such action now,” Zieger told SWR. The Esslingen district had already restricted private celebrations and gatherings on Monday after the warning level for more than 35 new corona infections was exceeded.
For the first time in Baden-Württemberg, Esslingen, a region, exceeds the seven-day incidence of 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants. Mayor Jürgen Zieger announced stricter crown rules at SWR.
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Health Minister: Stronger measures not across the board for all of Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg Health Minister Manfred Lucha (Greens) emphasized in the SWR that the measures now planned in Esslingen should not be applied across the country. In the summer, concepts were worked with the municipalities that can be applied according to the principle of proportionality, said Lucha. This included activating crown practices and fever clinics or increasing the number of staff to follow up on contacts.
Infections in the country hit new highs
The number of coronavirus infections detected nationwide increased by 652 cases on Wednesday compared to the previous day. A total of 52,222 people have been shown to be infected with the pathogen, as announced by the state health office. The number of deaths related to the virus increased from four to 1,898.
On Tuesday, the state government announced the second of three possible corona warning levels due to the increasing number of infections. Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) spoke of a level eight. Pandemic level two applies if the national incidence in seven days of ten cases per 100,000 inhabitants is exceeded and the incidence of infections increases diffusely or if the weekly number of cases nationwide doubles in two weeks.
