Brandenburg now has Germany’s toughest curfew – BZ Berlin



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Due to the high number of corona infections, the 110,000 inhabitants of the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district must accept considerable restrictions.

A Brandenburg district imposes the toughest curfew in Germany! In Oberspreewald-Lausitz (OSL), the 110,000 residents are no longer allowed to leave the house from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. starting Monday without good reason. Because the crown numbers are exploding.

In nearby Saxony, people should not stay indoors until 10 pm, in Bavaria from 9 pm But jogging in the OSL circle is not even allowed from the beginning of the news. He is only allowed to go out for night work, to care for the sick and “to protect himself from danger to life and limbs”.

Marlis Stille: “I will do my shopping quickly.  Tighter blockage is the right thing to do to reduce the high number of infections
Marlis Stille: “I will do my shopping quickly. The strictest blockade is the right thing to do to reduce the high number of infections “(Photo: Rainer Weisflog)

Starting Monday, all schools from 7th grade, elementary schools and nurseries from Thursday to January 8. Visits are prohibited in clinics (including rehabilitation). Nursing home residents are only allowed one visitor for one hour a day.

Senftenberg merchant Doan Quang Trung:
Senftenberg merchant Doan Quang Trung: “I just hope I can keep selling my fruit” (Photo: Rainer Weisflog)

The reason: “We were invaded by Corona in a few weeks,” says OSL District Manager Siegurd Heinze (59, independent), “We are THE Corona hotspot in Brandenburg.” The 7-day incidence rose to 452 on Tuesday, three times as high as the national average.


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There are 50 Covid patients at the Kreis-Klinikum. 90 employees became ill, 859 people in the district were infected with corona, 46 died from the virus. “If we do not act now, we will not be able to maintain medical care,” warns the district administrator.

Only ten people can attend weddings and funerals, and services are prohibited. Even Christmas and out. Heinze: “People would flock there. No one can control that on December 24. “

Pensioner Ursula Rartzak:
Pensioner Ursula Rartzak: “I think the measures are good so that everyone can spend the Christmas season healthy” (Photo: Rainer Weisflog)

The events are prohibited. Weekly markets can only offer food. “Because they are important meeting places for older people,” said the district administrator. The stores remain open, for the moment. The district administrator: “When it comes to shopping tourism in Saxony, we may have to make adjustments.”

But during Christmas, the district wants to reduce the celebration limit from five to ten people, unlike Berlin.

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