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Laschet: Avoid parties in tight spaces if possible
Like Söder, North Rhine-Westphalia Prime Minister Armin Laschet (CDU) said: “We need more uniform national rules that people understand,” he said. Laschet considers it necessary to reach an agreement on the fines and on what measures are applied from what level of infection.
Since numerous cities in North Rhine-Westphalia are now considered Corona hotspots, the state government has tightened the measures: in the future, a limit of 50 participants will be applied for private celebrations across the country. Laschet cautioned that celebrations in tight spaces should be avoided in private apartments. The goal should be to keep schools and daycare centers open and the economy running. In light of the fall break, Laschet asked everyone to stay home.
Kretschmann calls for more solidarity
Baden-Württemberg Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) called on citizens not to do everything “that they are still allowed to do.” Young people should also give up parties, so Kretschmann in the “BamS”: “Now you must show solidarity with the old, just as the old have to show solidarity with the young in the fight against climate change.” Kretschmann also questioned the approval of the Christmas markets if the number of infections remains so high.
Kretschmer weighs in, Haseloff warns of “scaremongering”
Saxon Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU) deliberately expressed himself in the “Welt am Sonntag”: “We want to largely preserve our social and economic life. But we also have to protect each other.”
Reiner Haseloff (CDU), however, Prime Minister of Saxony-Anhalt, speaks to the newspapers of the Funke media group against “scaremongering” and advocates fighting the root causes of hotspots rather than putting “sanctions on foreground”.
Debate on the accommodation ban
Lodging bans issued by various federal states for vacationers from such crown hot spots remain controversial. “I consider this measure to be illegal because it is neither proportionate nor appropriate,” said Bundestag Vice President Wolfgang Kubicki (FDP) of the newspaper “Bild”. SPD health politician Karl Lauterbach also voiced massive criticism. “A mistake was made, which should be clarified,” he told the Süddeutsche Zeitung. “No study shows that traveling within Germany is a factor driving a pandemic. So I am not solving a problem with these rules because there is no problem.”
Berlin Mayor Michael Müller (SPD) announced that accommodation bans will be discussed again in the Bund-Länder round. The prime ministers will again discuss the Corona situation with Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) next Wednesday.
Several cities in Germany are Crown Hot Spots
The limit of 50 new corona infections per 100,000 inhabitants in seven days was also exceeded in Stuttgart, Mainz and Essen over the weekend. Cologne also crossed the threshold on Saturday; this was the case previously in Berlin, Bremen and Frankfurt am Main. Nationwide, the number of people infected with the coronavirus rose by 3,483 on Sunday, according to the Robert Koch Institute.
