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NRW only wants to allow 50 guests at private celebrations
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Armin Laschet reports on new restrictions at NRW
Due to the increasing number of infections, the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia met for a special session. Prime Minister Laschet explains here what the additional crown procedure at NRW should look like.
North Rhine-Westphalia has had the highest infection rates of all the German territorial states for days. Therefore, the state government limits the number of participants in private celebrations. Nine cities and districts have already exceeded the corona warning value.
northordrhein-Westphalia wants to limit the number of participants in private celebrations across the country to 50 people. This was announced by Prime Minister Armin Laschet (CDU) on Sunday after a special meeting of the North Rhine-Westphalia cabinet in Düsseldorf. Laschet justified the move with the surge in new infections across the state. The value per 100,000 inhabitants in seven days is close to 35.
Laschet said the government had agreed to uniform rules for all hotspots. So far, all affected districts and urban districts had to decide for themselves on countermeasures within seven days if the warning value of 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants was exceeded.
From a seven-day incidence of more than 50, the number of people from different households who can gather in public at hotspots will drop to five. The opening hours of restaurants and bars will be restricted, the number of participants for private celebrations will be limited to 25.
In North Rhine-Westphalia, a total of nine independent districts and cities exceeded the important corona warning level of 50 new infections per 100,000 residents in seven days on Sunday. From this value, a region is considered a corona risk area. Nationwide, 34.1 people per 100,000 inhabitants were infected with the virus in seven days, as announced by the North Rhine-Westphalia health center, 1.7 more than the previous day. For days, NRW has had the highest infection rates of all the German territorial states.
These cities and districts exceed the warning value
In addition to the city of Essen, the district of Unna and the city of Solingen also passed the important threshold of 50. Remscheid, on the other hand, came off the list of corona risk areas with a value of 44.0.
The leader in North Rhine-Westphalia was the city of Herne on Sunday with 86.3 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in seven days, which was the third highest value of the 412 independent districts and cities across the country. Hagen (71.0), Wuppertal (60.5) and Cologne (59.7) were also well above the important threshold of 50. In the city of Hamm, which for several weeks had the highest levels of new infections of across all districts and urban districts across the country, the values fell even more markedly to 58.9. It was followed by Essen (57.3), the Recklinghausen district (56.8), the Unna district (54.2) and the city of Solingen (51.5).
Exceeding the 50 mark has an impact on tourists, for example, who now have to submit a negative corona test in various German holiday regions during the fall holidays. In addition, regions are obliged to impose more restrictions on public life above this value.
Of the total 53 districts and cities in North Rhine-Westphalia, ten more have exceeded the so-called early warning level of 35 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in seven days. These include large cities such as the state capital, Düsseldorf (45.3), Duisburg (44.9) and Dortmund (36.2).
