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Seven risk areas in North Rhine-Westphalia: a strange moment in the appearance of Reker
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Wedding jubilation collides with PK by Henriette Reker
When Cologne Mayor Henriette Reker presented the new crown measures for her city at a press conference, cheers from a wedding party continued to erupt in the middle, until Reker reacted, dry and cold.
Tighter crown measures now apply in Cologne. When Mayor Reker announced this, of all things a wedding party was disturbing his appearance. In many other cities, the number of new infections has increased significantly.
men the corona pandemic, seven regions are now considered risk areas in North Rhine-Westphalia, including the metropolis of Cologne. In the cathedral city, the important alert level of 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in seven days was exceeded on Saturday. The North Rhine-Westphalia Health Center (LZG) gave Cologne’s value at 54.8. The city administration ordered numerous restrictions on public life.
In Cologne, a maximum of five people from different households will be able to meet in public in the future, as Mayor Henriette Reker (not party) said on Friday. So far there have been ten. Additionally, alcohol is prohibited in public spaces after 10 pm and the sale of alcohol is no longer allowed in hotspots on weekends. Cologne is introducing a mask requirement in pedestrian areas.
At Friday’s press conference, however, it was also immediately apparent how difficult it is to comply with the strict new rules. The jubilant cheers of a wedding party seemingly within earshot could be heard in the background. At some point, Reker reacted: He knew it was “an important day in life,” but caution now applies to a wedding party as well. She is reluctant to act as a brake on fun.
For days, NRW has had the highest infection rates of all the German territorial states. The favorite on Saturday was the city of Herne with 66.5 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in seven days. The city of Hamm, which had been at the top of all independent districts and cities across the country for several weeks, still reached a value of 64.5. They were followed by Wuppertal (55.2), Hagen (55.1), Cologne (54.8), Recklinghausen (52.3) and Remscheid (51.2).
Food is 47.5
Essen and the state capital Düsseldorf are also planning a tightening. The development in metropolitan areas shows “whether we can keep the pandemic in Germany under control or if we are losing control,” Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) said on Friday in Berlin after a video conference with the main representatives of the eleven cities more. big from Germany. including Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund and Essen from NRW. The chancellor urged tougher measures and offered the cities help from Bundeswehr forces and the Robert Koch Institute (RKI).
NRW Health Minister Karl-Josef Laumann (CDU) called on municipalities to step up checks on crown rules even at private events. Laumann was informed on Friday in an exchange with the country’s crisis teams about the situation of the crown in the communities. The ministry said it emphasized the importance of compliance with the crown protection ordinance. It should be clear to people that violations have consequences.
In Essen, Mayor Thomas Kufen (CDU) announced after the video conference that he would examine the help of members of the armed forces. As soon as Corona’s critical limit of 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants is exceeded, celebrations with a maximum of 25 (previously 50) people would only be allowed in Essen. They would have to be registered for only eleven participants. In Essen there should be a requirement for masks in public buildings like schools.
Herne’s massive increase
On Friday, Düsseldorf ordered an immediate requirement for masks in public buildings, schools and kindergartens. New infections had passed the warning threshold of 35 on Friday with 42.7 per 100,000 residents in seven days. On Saturday the value was 44.5. We recommend wearing a mask in twelve highly frequented areas, including the old town and the main train station. Outdoor celebrations can only take place with a maximum of 50 guests, unless the authorities allow exceptions for hygiene reasons. The second level takes effect from an incidence value of 50. Then, only 25 people can participate in parties outside the home.
There was a massive increase in corona in Herne: the infection process is “diffuse”, according to the city, there are no hot spots. “People get infected in families, at private parties, and at sports clubs, among other things.”
At the national level, according to the LZG, 32.4 people per 100,000 inhabitants were infected with the corona virus in seven days. That was 3.8 more than the day before. The LZG compiles the NRW figures for the official national statistics of the Robert Koch Institute.
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.
