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Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) is calling for the crown’s restrictions, which are limited to January 10, to be extended for three more weeks. “The blockade must be extended until the end of January. A premature loosening would set us back a lot, “he told” Bild am Sonntag “before the prime minister’s conference with Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) scheduled for Tuesday.
“The numbers are too high. The effects of Christmas and New Year’s Eve are not yet predictable. “This could only be accurately assessed in mid-January,” Söder said. “We have to be consistent and not give up too soon.” According to the CSU politician, the “weakness of Corona policy in Germany” is that it “started too late and stopped too early.”
Söder also spoke out in favor of a longer closure of kindergartens and schools, and adapted holiday planning: »There should be no hasty opening of schools and kindergartens. Given the high number of infections, it would be irresponsible to simply send teachers and students to school altogether. Infection and spread have been shown to occur at school as well. The danger is greater, especially after the holidays. “
On Tuesday, Chancellor Merkel wants to discuss the situation with the state prime ministers. A decision must also be made whether the current lockdown will continue after January 10. According to a media report, countries basically agree on the extension, but not on whether it should last two or three weeks. The heads of the state chancellery could not have reached an agreement in a conference call on Saturday afternoon, reports the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung”. In particular, the countries hardest hit by the corona pandemic are in favor of a lockdown until January 31.
In the interview with “Bild am Sonntag”, Söder harshly criticized the procurement of vaccines by the European Commission. “The EU Commission has probably planned too bureaucratically: too few of the orderly correct and too long price discussions,” said Söder of “BamS”. “If this was foreseen in view of the age threat, it can now be seen in comparison to other regions of the world,” continues Söder. Obviously, they ordered too few and trusted the wrong manufacturers. “It is difficult to explain that a very good vaccine is being developed in Germany but that it is being vaccinated more quickly elsewhere.”
He called for significant improvements: approval procedures and production processes needed to be sped up. If possible, according to Söder’s request, the vaccine should be manufactured “even under license from other companies in Germany.”
Politicians’ shots are supposed to build trust
To increase the willingness to vaccinate in Germany, politicians and other public figures must get vaccinated as soon as possible. She is concerned about the reluctance to vaccinate among household staff: »We urgently need to signal vaccination once again and monitor the situation. Too much fake news still lurks on the web. “That is why state leaders have to set a good example.
Söder stressed that vaccines are the “only long-term strategy against Corona.” “We cannot drug our country indefinitely and finance it only with debt. That’s why vaccination is also the best long-term financial way, ”Söder said. “The question of how we survive Corona financially is closely related to the question of how quickly we can get through vaccination.”
