Cloppenburg District Administrator Plans More Corona Checks | NDR.de – news

Status: 09/21/2020 7:57 pm – NDR 1 Lower Saxony

Given the Many people infected with corona in the Cloppenburg district have shown that the district administrator Johann Wimberg (CDU) is “concerned about the negligent behavior of some residents.” “In this situation, I didn’t understand extravagant parties and larger group celebrations,” Wimberg said. Controls will be tightened and violations of the district’s general decree and other legal provisions will be sanctioned, said the district administrator. Police discovered numerous violations of the crown rules during checks Sunday night. While the district now wants to send fines to guests and especially owners and even wants to close a business entirely, restaurateurs feel they have been treated unfairly. According to NDR 1 Lower Saxony, you talk about individual cases and want a clarifying discussion with the district, which is scheduled for Wednesday according to information from NDR.

People dancing without masks in a music bar

In a police statement on the controls, the results are “appalling.” In Cloppenburg, a music bar was checked after various indications from the population. Since officials found a “nightclub-like establishment”, an immediate closure was ordered. The around 80 guests had to leave the premises with a police escort. According to the information, they danced without a mask and did not comply with other crown regulations that apply in pubs. The service personnel also ignored the requirements and did not wear masks.

Men dance in shisha bar

Three other pubs and a shisha bar in central Cloppenburg were fined. According to the police, the guests walked around here without masks. Furthermore, lists with visitor contact details were sometimes not maintained in accordance with regulations. The lack of hand sanitizers was also criticized. Eight to ten men were caught dancing sirtaki at the shisha bar. The operator tried in vain to convince the officials that they were exclusively employees. According to police, a total of 17 people were still at the bar in the morning, although it should have been closed since midnight.

Police break up a private party

In Essen (Oldenburg) officials broke up a private party with nine people, some of whom were very drunk. Administrative infringement proceedings were initiated against all the guests. Those affected expected a fine of 200 euros. When the police arrived, they tried to hide in a storage room.

The seven-day incidence decreased to 58.6

The Cloppenburg district tightened the crown’s rules on Friday after the seven-day incidence. it had risen well above the 50 limit. The number indicates how many people per 100,000 residents have been infected with the corona virus in the past seven days. According to the Lower Saxony Ministry of Health, the value fell to 58.6 on Monday (at 9 am). However, experience has shown that Monday’s figures are only partially significant due to reporting delays over the weekend. According to the district, 165 people are currently infected and another 500 are in quarantine. And for the first time, a district resident also died from Covid-19. Therefore, the focus of the outbreak is in the former office in Löningen.