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secondand the countries, according to information from WELT AM SONNTAG, will in all probability extend the blockade beyond January 10, although, according to statements by those involved in the negotiations, it is not yet clear to what extent the individual restrictions, for example in kindergartens and primary schools could be made more flexible.
Lower Saxony Prime Minister Stephan Weil told WELT AM SONNTAG that the known infection figures “give no reason to give the go-ahead.” The SPD politician went on to say: “That is why I initially assume that the above restrictions will continue, however burdensome they may be in many areas.” This also has to do with the fact that currently “there is not a sufficiently reliable database” due to the holiday season. .
Thuringia’s head of government, Bodo Ramelow (left), also considers ruling out a quick end in view of the number of infections: “In the near future, our main goal should be to reduce the number of infections and thus ease the burden on the system. health, “Ramelow told WELT AM SONNTAG. Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) also slows down: “We just have to cut the numbers in a sustainable way.”
Education ministers are already advising on Monday
Hamburg Mayor Peter Tschentscher also sees no basis for “substantial relaxation”. However, the SPD politician wants to discuss the schools that are currently closed, he told WELT AM SONNTAG. He expects “the federal government to explain on what scientific basis or database it is calling for a greater general closure of nurseries and schools and how it envisions that essential functions of basic care and medical treatment capabilities will be maintained.” The ministers of education of the federal states are already advising on Monday. Above all, they consider the early opening of kindergartens and primary schools a priority.
Carsten Linnemann, deputy parliamentary group and head of the SME association, warned WELT AM SONNTAG about possible late effects “beyond medical issues”. The CDU politician said: “It is already foreseeable today how students from socially disadvantaged families and non-German-speaking households will emerge from this crisis. Linnemann is convinced that the problem of “parallel societies” could acquire a new quality.
Linnemann’s colleague, MP Andreas Jung (CDU), calls for “an expanded set of financial aid instruments” before the summit, as he put it. “Because companies urgently need liquidity to survive the crisis.” Losses should be more easily compensated and all small businesses can also use the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) quick loans.
The “Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung” also reports that the federal states have agreed to extend the current lockdown beyond January 10. The deal was reached Saturday afternoon on a phone line in preparation for the prime ministers’ conference with Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday. The heads of state chancelleries had not agreed on whether this should be decided initially for two or three weeks.
Advice with Drosten and Wieler
Before the summit meeting, there will be an unusually extensive exchange between politics and science on Monday afternoon, according to information from WELT AM SONNTAG. The Foreign Ministry and Prime Ministers want to consult with five experts on the infection situation after the holidays, the risk of virus mutations and the consequences.
According to the negotiating circles, the virologist Christian Drosten, Lothar Wieler from the Robert Koch Institute, Michael Meyer-Hermann from the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research, physicist Viola Priesemann from the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization and the CEO of Charité are invited, Heyo Kroemer. .
Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn also advocates maintaining the nationwide blockade after January 10. “In view of the still too high figures, it is necessary to expand the measures, the restrictions”, quotes the CDU politician “RTL Aktuell”. There is currently a maximum number of corona patients in intensive care units. Now it is essential to reduce the incidence of infections and keep them low for a longer period of time. “That’s better than relaxing too soon and then possibly facing tough questions again in a few weeks.”
Schools and kindergartens must also remain closed. That is difficult for students and parents. “But the same applies here: It is easier for everyone to have schools closed for one more week than to open them and then face debates again sometime in a few weeks,” Spahn explained.
