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Four days of early Christmas holidays in Bavaria
Tuesday, November 24, 6:12 am: Now it has been decided: Bavaria brings forward the Christmas holidays due to the corona pandemic. The last day of school before Christmas is Friday, December 18. Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) told Bavarian Broadcasting that. This means that two school days are no longer applicable: Originally, Wednesday, December 23, would have been the first day of vacation. In fact, the holidays last four days.
The distance between lessons and Christmas will be increased, Söder said. “In this way, we are improving the possibilities for Bavarian families to celebrate the most important holiday of the year in a healthy and carefree way.” The risk of infection is “greatly reduced” by the waiting period of nearly a week between school lessons and Christmas, the prime minister argued. Before the new federal and state consultations on the future course to deal with the coronavirus, the states governed by the Union had spoken in favor of such an extension of the holidays, at least that was the case in a joint document. First, North Rhine-Westphalia had come forward and announced an earlier start to the holiday. In most federal states, December 18 is the last day of school before Christmas.
Parliament of the Protestant Church advises on Corona and consequences
Monday, November 23, 5:19 pm: In the Corona crisis, regional bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm campaigns for a fair handling of different positions, but clearly distinguishes himself from crown deniers and extremist positions. Correct reactions to the pandemic must be argued democratically, and the simple denial of the dangers of the virus is “irresponsible,” Bedford-Strohm said. Anyone who systematically sabotages the fight against the crown “risks the lives of many people.” Those who put others in danger cannot trust the Christian understanding of freedom. Because this demands that you show consideration for the weak.
“The irresponsibility is not improved by the fact that it is presented in a gesture of protest,” Bedford-Strohm said at the opening of the autumn meeting of the Bavarian regional synod, that is, the parliament of the Protestant church. Due to social “Corona tensions”, the task of the Strohm church is to defend cohesion. Uncompromising resistance to right-wing extremism and misanthropic ideologies is also part of it: “There is no place in the church for far-right ideas.” This also applies to the utopias of the left, if they pervert misanthropic behavior: “Human dignity does not ask whether it is violated from the right or from the left.”
Despite the imminent extension of the partial closure, Bedford-Strohm does not expect Christmas services to be canceled. “I have no reason to doubt that we will have powerful church services this Christmas,” he said. There will be a lot of ventilation and there will be several services in a row. The president of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) also spoke about the outdoor worship services.
The focus of the synodal conference, which will run as a video conference through Thursday, is the church’s budget for next year, which will show a deficit of one million. As church tax revenues are falling dramatically due to the crown pandemic, this year minus € 130 million should have gone into the budget.
This year already 82,000 resignations from clubs in sport
Monday, November 23, 12:52 pm: Due to the corona pandemic, the Bavarian State Sports Association recorded more than 82,000 withdrawals from clubs in the Free State and called on politicians to surrender. Compared to the previous year, especially young athletes are drifting away, as the BLSV announced. There was a 4.3 percent decrease for children and a 3.7 percent decrease for adolescents. In the fight against the virus, organized mass sport is currently prohibited in Bavaria. If lounges remain closed beyond the end of November, the BLSV expects a “dramatic decrease in membership” and more than 100,000 withdrawals from the clubs.
In addition, around 65,000 athletes have confirmed their resignation from the clubs in 2021, as has been said. “The decline in membership will be even greater at the beginning of the new year, and the trend will continue to increase,” predicted the sports association. To counter this, calls for re-regulation since before November 13: Until then, the sport was allowed in the halls only as long as you did it alone, with friends or with people who also live. “Our top priority must be to bring people back to sports clubs and to support our clubs and volunteers in this important endeavor,” said BSLV President Jörg Ammon. “It is essential to get back to indoor sports as soon as possible.”
Corona crisis makes it difficult to help the homeless
Monday, November 23, 7:23 am: The Bavarian Homeless Assistance Coordination Office warns of financial bottlenecks in caring for the homeless. “Hygiene measures are generating high additional costs for municipalities. And that where the financial burden was already high before Corona,” says Jörn Scheuermann from the coordination office in southern Bavaria. Therefore, ask the federal and state governments for help. According to Scheuermann, the additional costs arise, among other things, from the fact that additional rooms are rented for protection during the night in order to be able to comply with the distance rules.
This is also the case in Munich: “In normal operation, ten to twelve people sleep in some rooms During the pandemic, these single rooms are occupied for five to six people.” Says Hedwig Thomalla of the social department of the city of Munich . They have created their own quarantine shelters in order to isolate contact persons and infected persons. “160 additional beds were rented in a shelter for people from risk groups.”
In Nuremberg, Regensburg and Würzburg accommodation options have also been expanded to allow for protection at night despite distance rules. According to Scheuermann, larger cities can still implement such measures relatively easily, as they can also turn to urban real estate. “The smaller the city and the smaller the municipality, the more difficult it will be to create compensation areas.”
The social department of the city of Munich assesses the situation of the homeless this winter as more difficult than in previous years. “Due to the closure, there are fewer people moving and beg or collect returnable bottles is more difficult. At the moment, there is no opportunity to make money as laborers, for example in the catering industry or hospitality,” said Hedwig Thomalla. Furthermore, the supply in heating rooms is currently only possible to a limited extent. “Due to the distance requirements, these contact points currently have far fewer opportunities to stay.”
The first results of the study of the nursery school in Würzburg probably in February
Monday, November 23, 7:07 am: Half-time at the corona study in Würzburg kindergartens: Researchers expect the first results of their study on early detection of corona infections in children in February As it stands, the studies could be completed in January, said microbiologist Oliver Kurzai of the Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology. Despite the partial closure, tests with children, parents and caregivers of the nurseries were conducted regularly.
Around 1,000 caregivers and preschool children in the Würzburg region are regularly tested for infection with the Sars-CoV-2 virus. The goal of the research is to allow childcare despite crown buds, without the daycare having to close. Virologists, general practitioners and child and adolescent psychiatrists at the Würzburg University Clinic are participating in the study called the “Wü-KiTa-CoV Study” and want to achieve the most complete follow-up possible. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research is supporting the study with more than one million euros as part of the InfectControl research network. The Würzburg study joins the “Covid Kids Bavaria” research project with five other Bavarian university hospitals.
Aiwanger welcomes EU approval of German bridge aid II
Sunday, November 22, 7:37 pm: Bavarian Economy Minister Hubert Aiwanger (FW) has welcomed the EU approval of German bridge aid II. Many companies were waiting for the promised support, he said on Sunday: 3,600 companies had already applied for 100 million euros to the Chamber of Commerce of Munich and Upper Bavaria, which is in charge of approval in the Free State. Bridging Aid II covers the financing months from September to December and is intended to replace part of your fixed costs, particularly those affected by the corona measures.
The police dissolve the family celebration
Sunday, November 22, 4:31 pm: Celebrating a historic birthday costs a family in the Kronach district a fine of 4,000 euros. As the police announced on Saturday, ten adults had gathered in Tschirn. “All those present belonged to the family, but they were from five households,” said a police spokesman. Because private celebrations are only allowed with a maximum of ten people from a maximum of two households, officials canceled the celebration. All those involved now await a fine of 400 euros.
