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On Wednesday, Germany largely closes public life. Health Minister Spahn and RKI chief Wieler take a position beforehand. Follow the press conference live here.
A day before the national shutdown takes effect, Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn and Robert Koch Institute President Lothar Wieler comment on the “Corona situation before Christmas” in Berlin. Also participating in the press conference are the president of the German Ethics Council, Alena Buyx, and the virologist Sandra Ciesek.
Follow the press conference on video or via the t-online live ticker:
11:59 am.: The chairman of the chairwoman of the German Ethics Council, Alena Buyx, is now reporting on the German vaccination campaign.
11:55 am .: According to Ciesek, the appreciation of society for the hospital staff has also decreased. “In the spring there was still applause from the balconies, although the situation is much more tense now.”
11:51 am: Virologist Sandra Ciesek doesn’t want to start her statement with numbers, she talks about a phone call with a friend from intensive care. “He’s very frustrated.” On the one hand, the disease itself frustrates him, as there is very little that can be done to help the patient. It also frustrates her that caregivers have so little time to rest. But: “Some people frustrate him.” Hospital staff would wonder why they have to put themselves at risk because other people cannot recover.
11:48 am: “What we see here is the result of other people’s carelessness,” says Wieler. Those who were once too careless must now participate as well. Wieler assumes the situation will get worse before Christmas “I will certainly not exhaust the number of contacts allowed at Christmas,” he says.
11:46 a.m.: Wielder also urges the population to take responsibility. “The situation is more serious than ever in this pandemic,” said the head of RKI. Only yesterday, the RKI reported around 500 new deaths, last week around 380 people remained on their feet a day. “The virus comes in age groups.” But not only the elderly would die. Capacities in intensive care units would decrease.
11:42 am: Now this is RKI boss Lothar Wieler speaking. “Today no crown numbers were delivered from Saxony,” he explains. So tomorrow a number will probably be twice as high. “There are purely technical reasons.”
11:41 am.: The Minister of Health makes a new call for solidarity and thanks the population. “Both are needed: resolute government action and civil liability.”
11:40 am: Spahn explains again that vaccination must begin before the turn of the year.
11:38 am: The Minister of Health sees a ray of hope in the vaccine. “We are doing everything we can to ensure that the vaccine is approved as soon as possible,” Spahn said. “We said from the beginning that we were not going to make an emergency, but a proper one.” The goal is to gain confidence so that people can also get vaccinated. Also: “We do it at the European level, not national,” explains Spahn. “We are bigger than me.”
11:36 am .: Spahn calls for a consistent implementation of the measures in the federal states. The turn of the year would be different than usual. “I know it will be difficult,” says Spahn. “Even an emergency stop will have a long slip mark.” Be aware of the consequences.
11:34 am.: The Minister of Health is also self-critical regarding the partial closure. “We managed to break the wave of infections, but the number of infections is still too high,” Spahn explains. “Now we’ve seen a third wave build up before the second wanes.”
11:32 am: Health Minister Spahn speaks first. “We experience pre-Christmas stress differently than usual,” Spahn said. “The closure was necessary. Better now with the prospect of success than after Christmas with the risk of major side effects.”
11.31 am.: The press conference begins.
11.25 am: Private meetings will be held in your own home and in another, but in any case limited to a maximum of five people. Children up to 14 years old are excluded. There will only be relaxation during Christmas from December 24 to 26.
