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Corona outbreak in retirement home: 84 infected, two dead
Monday, November 9, 5:12 pm: After a corona outbreak at a home for the elderly in Karlsfeld (Dachau district), 65 residents and 19 employees tested positive for the virus. Ten infected people were treated at the hospital and two people died, the Dachau district office announced on Monday. First reported by the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation (“BR24”). According to the district office, rapid corona tests are routinely used for care and support staff in order to continue caring for residents. Those infected would be cared for by a separate team of employees. In addition, there is a strict ban on visitors. All residents and employees of the home are to be screened again on Tuesday.
Bavaria is developing the logistics for the corona vaccine
Monday, November 9, 5:02 pm: Bavaria prepares to distribute the coronavirus vaccine. Health Minister Melanie Huml (CSU) told the German Press Agency that the federal government will deliver the corona vaccine in nine locations in Bavaria. From there, the material will be delivered to the vaccination centers, which will be installed in the Free State as well as the local testing centers. The federal government assumes that a vaccine could be available in early 2021.
In Bavaria, the local district administrative authorities would establish and operate these vaccination centers, Huml emphasized. In addition, mobile teams are planned to vaccinate people in nursing homes, for example. “It is also clear that the vaccine will not be immediately available nationally for the entire population. That is why it is necessary to prioritize the offer in the initial phase, ”said Huml. Therefore, “vulnerable” groups, for example older people with previous illnesses, should be vaccinated first together with doctors and carers. He also stressed that vaccination is voluntary and there will be no obligation.
There should be uniform guidelines for the vaccination strategy at the national level. It is not yet clear when exactly the first doses will be available. “Once a vaccine is approved and available, we will start vaccinating as soon as possible,” Huml said. A resolution from the conference of ministers of health stipulates that the federal government purchases and finances vaccines and the federal states establish vaccination centers. The doses should be distributed to the federal states according to the proportion of the population. It is not yet clear how many exactly fall on Bavaria.
“Logistics is a great challenge in preparation,” emphasized Huml. Because there will probably be several approved vaccines, some with very different properties. Among other things, storage temperatures of minus 70 degrees Celsius must be maintained. To do this, appropriate ultra-low-rise freezers must first be purchased. Above all, doctors must vaccinate. According to the Bavarian Ministry of Health, so far more than 1,850 contracted doctors have agreed to participate after an initial consultation with the Bavarian Health Insurance Physicians Association (KVB).
SPD requires a bonus of 500 euros for all employees of the nurseries
Monday, November 9, 3:12 pm: The president of the social committee in the state parliament, SPD deputy Doris Rauscher, has asked for a crown bonus of 500 euros for daycare workers. At the same time, he criticized the state government on Monday for paying such a premium only to selected school principals and teachers. Daycare employees made “enormous efforts so that parents can combine family and work at all and, as in schools, the right of children to education is implemented.” Therefore, it is a matter of fairness to award these employees financial recognition. In doing so, Rauscher supports a demand that the coordinating organizations of church organizations had previously made.
Students need a certificate or corona negative test after illness.
Monday, November 9, 12:14 pm: New Crown Rules in Schools: Children and youth who stay home sick will always have to present a medical certificate in order to return to school, or a negative corona test. This also applies to only mild symptoms, for example a slight runny nose. This innovation is the result of the general hygiene plan that has been in force for Bavarian schools since today.
If a student has a fever, cough, sore throat or ear, severe stomach pain, vomiting, or diarrhea, they should stay home. And you’re only allowed to return if you haven’t had a fever for 24 hours and haven’t shown any symptoms for the same time (other than a slight runny nose or cough). Also, a doctor should always confirm that school attendance is harmless or that the child has a current corona negative test. The Ministry of Culture had already recommended this requirement for a certificate or test if the incidence value was greater than 50 in a district or urban district. The decision was made on the spot by the health department. In the future, this obligation will apply to all students in Bavaria.
The so-called sniffing rules are not that strict, that is, the regulations if a child has only mild cold symptoms, for example, runny nose without fever or occasional cough. In this case, they must also stay home for at least one day and are only allowed to return to school if the fever has not been measured after 24 hours. But even in this case, they must present a medical certificate or negative Covid-19 test. The only exception: elementary school students can continue in class even with their nose.
The respective doctor determines if a crown test is necessary. You must make this decision “medically, taking into account the resources of the test and the duration of the test,” according to the general hygiene plan. By the way, kids don’t necessarily have to go through their practice. The Ministry of Health and Culture will also allow a phone call to clarify the situation. And that also applies to the writing of the certificate, says a spokesman for the Ministry of Culture.
Söder cautions against the “lateral thinking” movement
Monday, November 9, 10.30 am: After the escalation of the “lateral thinking” rally in Leipzig, CSU leader Markus Söder is calling for consequences and suggesting that an anti-constitutional movement may be developing here. “I see a real challenge for our entire democracy,” Söder said Monday morning in front of a video link from the party executive. Demonstrations like the one in Leipzig are no longer just about issues like the mask requirement. Responsible authorities would have to “review the increasingly aggressive argumentation”, and also the question of whether a “different form of Pegida had emerged,” Söder said. The “spiritual blueprints” of so-called lateral thinkers taking action against the Crown’s restrictions were mapped out in the United States by conspiracy ideologues like the so-called QAnon movement.
Thousands of people demonstrated in Leipzig on Saturday, ignoring conditions such as wearing a mask. There was also violence against journalists and the police, and neo-Nazis participated in the protests. “There are no special rights here for ‘lateral thinkers’, on the contrary,” said Söder. “If there is a mask requirement, it must also be enforced.” Söder, who is also the prime minister of Bavaria, also called for patience until the partial shutdown, which has been valid across the country for a week, shows effect. If prime ministers review effectiveness this week, there may be signs that the curves are flattening out a bit, but not significant declines. “We need staying power,” Söder said. In Bavaria there is “nowhere a reason to argue, now to drop something.”
The number of infections continues to rise in Bavaria
Monday, November 9, 7.48 am: Even a week after the start of the partial lockdown, the corona virus continues to spread rapidly in Bavaria. On Monday morning, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported an incidence of 171.6 in seven days for the Free State; This number describes the number of new infections in the last seven days converted to 100,000 inhabitants. On Sunday, this value was 163.4; Last Monday, when powerful new crown restrictions went into effect across the country, it was 130.1.
The number of infections has significantly decreased in the two districts, where a partial lockdown had already been imposed a few days earlier: in the Rottal-Inn district, the incidence value is now 205.8, in Berchtesgadener Land it is only 156, 7, and therefore below the national average. In Upper and Lower Franconia, several rural and urban districts have a seven-day incidence of less than 100. The situation is particularly critical in the cities of southern Bavaria: the RKI reports a value of 324 for Augsburg and 303.7 for Rosenheim. The numbers are increasing rapidly in the state capital: the RKI has calculated a seven-day incidence of 204.0 for Munich. The districts of Rosenheim (293.9) and Traunstein (285.4) are currently just under 300.
Weekend in partial confinement: Police dissolve several celebrations
Sunday, November 8, 2:50 pm: On the first weekend of the new partial closure, the Bavarian police broke up several parties. In Schweinfurt, ten young people rented a hotel room to celebrate. When the party disbanded, officers also seized marijuana, police said Sunday. In Passau, Lower Bavaria, the police were called Sunday night for disturbing public order. Officers found three people from different homes in an apartment, and according to police, three more were able to escape undetected. Actually, according to Corona’s new requirements, only people from two households can meet.
In Olching, Upper Bavaria, more households were also gathered than allowed: due to the volume of a party, neighbors reported to the police, the officers met with eight people from six households. An announcement awaits the guests.
During an operation in Roden in Lower Franconia (Main-Spessart district), the police arrested ten people on Sunday night who were together in a residential building. In the Kitzingen district, the police found nine young people partying in the basement of a sports hall. Given that, according to the police, drugs were also used, young people must be held accountable for violations of the Narcotics Act and the Infection Protection Act. The police also ended a celebration at a gazebo in Sulzbach am Main in the Miltenberg district. As announced by a spokesperson, five people from different households celebrated there, it was reported. Seven people held a party in a common room in the Swabian city of Nersingen (Neu-Ulm district). Also here: According to the police, the people were from different households, the celebration broke up
