Corona in Germany: “Incredible number of infections”. Closing needed for spring, warns a Berlin doctor.

Voices calling for an extension of the crown blockade in Germany are increasing. Berlin doctor Patrick Larscheid believes closure is inevitable until spring.

Update from Friday, January 1, 2021, 12:45 pm: At the beginning of next week, politicians want to decide what to do with the Crown-Lockdown continues in Germany. Recently the voices in favor of Emergency shutdown expand to further reduce the number of new corona infections in Germany. Now, Berlin doctor Patrick Larscheid has spoken out about the consequences of the Corona-Pandemie feel every day. Is holding you Emergency shutdown until spring for inevitable, and not only in Berlin, but throughout Germany.

“We still have an incredibly high number of infections,” Larscheid told the dpa news agency. After the New Year’s Eve weekend we will see the effect of Christmas days ”. Mobility in the second is assumed Emergency shutdown it has not decreased as much as the first in spring. The possibility of Corona vaccine it’s a really great thing, Larscheid emphasized. But it is not yet clear if the vaccinated Coronavirus I couldn’t continue anyway.

“We have to hold out for a few more months,” Larscheid said. “One should now appeal to the population that we have to wait for all this.” If Larscheid has his way, he will Crown-Lockdown stay in Germany for quite a long time: of course, things will continue after January 10 with a lockdown, “said Larscheid. “It is reasonable that politicians should already say: nothing can change until the end of March or the end of April.”

Crown lockdown in Germany: experts call for an extension

+++ 12.00 pm: Less than a week before Bund-Länder inquiries on blocking there is a growing demand for an extension. The German Hospital Association (DKG) referred to the continuous increase in the number of patients and warned about the overload of the clinics. “The figures will decrease from mid-January at the earliest, if the Emergency shutdown it works, ”DKG President Gerald Gaß told the Germany publishing network (RND / Thursday). “The clear demand from the hospitals to politicians is: Contact restrictions must remain beyond January 10,” Gass emphasized.

“Only the consequent and prolonged blockage it determines the fate of the coming months and leads to fewer infections ”, emphasized the SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach in the “Rheinische Post” (Thursday). Looking at the vaccines they had started, he cautioned against lying down: with the one so far small amount of vaccine There will be “no significant impact on the number of infections” by the end of March, Lauterbach warned.

Saarland Prime Minister Tobias Hans (CDU) told the newspaper that Emergency shutdown It is and was necessary, and it will probably have to be extended at the beginning of January ”. Michael Müller (SPD), Mayor of Berlin and Chairman of the Prime Minister’s Conference, said on RTL / ntv with a view to the next meeting of the federal states with Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) on January 5: “If the number infections is still so high, so go I guess we will at least expand these measures that we have now. “

Chancellor Merkel commemorates the crown dead in her New Year’s speech

Update Thursday, December 31, 2020 at 6 am: Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) has relatives of Victims of the corona pandemic he expressed his condolences and condemned the conspiracy theories about the virus. She can only guess how bitter it must feel to those who mourn a person for Corona or who are struggling with the aftermath of illness, “when the virus is denied and denied by some incorrigible people,” she said in her advance post. New Year’s address. “Conspiracy theories They are not only false and dangerous, they are also cynical and cruel towards these people, ”said the Chancellor.

Merkel I call them Corona-Pandemie “A political, social, economic task of the century”, he spoke of a “historical feat of strength” and of “difficult times for our country”. “And it will continue like this for quite some time. How to overcome this pandemic will be up to all of us for a time. Winter is and continues to be hard ”, said the head of government. “The one next to vaccine We have the most effective means in our hands by adhering to the rules, each and every one of us ”. She is always grateful for how disciplined most people wear masks and try to keep their distance.

The Chancellor emphasized that the end of a “breathless year” was also important pause and cry. “As a society we must not forget how many have lost a loved one without being able to be close to them in the last hours.” You can only guess how bitter you must feel for these people when some incorrigible people denied the virus. and be denied. “Conspiracy theories They are not only fake and dangerous, they are also cynical and cruel to these people. “

The vaccines that have now started gave hope to the elderly, their nurses, and staff in intensive care units. “Every day there are more, gradually other age groups and occupations will be added, and then all those who want it,” he said. Merkel.

Corona lockdown in Germany: Spahn with a grim prognosis

Updated on Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 8:31 pm: It already seems clear that the Emergency shutdown in Germany It will also run after January 10, 2021, at least partially. The Federal Minister of Health lets Jens spahn they certainly arise. This is due to the still high number of New infections with the Coronavirus.

When braking the pandemic Germany was “far from where we have to go,” said the CDU politician in the ARD “Tagesthemen” on Tuesday, as previously announced. So after January 10 it will be “without a doubt activities give. “To what extent should in January Bund and countries decide. However, it is foreseeable that the numbers will not be so low by then “that we can just go back to pre-lock mode,” he said.

Corona: will the blockade be extended in Germany? Lauterbach with a clear demand

First report of Tuesday, December 29, 2020, 3:22 pm: Berlin: schools, kindergartens, most shops and restaurants, all closed. And this at least until January 10, 2021, as long as the Emergency shutdown as a result of Corona-Pandemie in Germany. However, a week before the next federal-state round on how to proceed in the corona pandemic, votes are increasing for an extension of applicable regulations.

Crown lockdown in Germany: decision to be made in January

“I firmly assume that we will have to continue living with restrictions,” Berlin Mayor Michael Müller (SPD) said on Tuesday in the “Morgenmagazin” of the ZDF. How these restrictions might look after January 10 needs to be weighed against the number of infections, which are currently stagnant at a very high level or, at best, have slightly decreased. “In this regard, I hope that we will continue to experience restrictions in January,” Müller said. Crucial to deciding on a Extension of the confinement In addition to the number of new infections and deaths, there should also be the occupancy of intensive care beds in hospitals.

Closing in schools by Corona: Lauterbach warns of opening

SPD Health Expert Karl Lauterbach has already spoken out against returning to normal school operations after January 10. “After this Emergency shutdown there should be no return to regular classroom teaching. Mask, ventilating more than 30 children does not work, otherwise there is a risk of an exponential growth in the number of infections, “Lauterbach told the” Rheinische Post. “

Because of Corona, Lauterbach demanded “divided classes across the country, additional support for those with learning difficulties, mandatory masking in school buildings, and shorter summer vacations to make up for deficits.” Shortened summer vacation The German Association for Child Protection recently asked for an extension of the Christmas holidays until the end of January.

Crown lock: nothing indicates relief

How things will go in schools after January 10 is still largely open, regardless of Lauterbach’s request. Chancellor wants next Tuesday (January 5, 2021) Angela Merkel and the prime ministers of the countries about the time after temporary lock advise. The state ministers of education want to talk about the school issue the day before. Baden-Württemberg Education Minister Susanne Eisenmann had spoken in favor, at least next and Primary schools Open “again in any case” in presence.

The head of the chancellery, Helge Braun, had already said on Monday in an RTL / ntv interview: “I hope that we cannot evaluate everything exactly on January 5, when we meet next time, and therefore the Emergency shutdown I have yet to continue ”. The Prime Minister of Thuringia Bodo ramelow (Left) had told the Germany publishing network that there was nothing to suggest a relaxation for the Bund-Länder Round next Tuesday. “We all assume that the Emergency shutdown must be expanded. “(skr with tab / agencies)

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