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The interior ministers of the federal and state governments are pressing for information on “Spiegel” tighter restrictions on rallies in the corona pandemic. The magazine cites in advance a resolution of the Conference of Interior Ministers (IMK) with the title “Maximum number of people in meetings as effective protection against infection”, as a result, heads of state departments are “looking with great concern at the extremely dynamic infection process.”
According to the report, the IMK sent the decision on Tuesday to the current chairman of the Prime Minister’s Conference, Berlin Mayor Michael Müller (SPD). According to the newspaper “Spiegel”, the Freedom of assembly is “without a doubt an exceptional good”, and also in times of pandemic Demonstrations “possible in principle”.
“At the same time, the assemblies must remain epidemiologically justifiable.”Interior ministers said, according to the report. The state also has the “duty to protect the life and physical integrity of those attending the assembly, the police forces and the public in general.”
According to their decision, the interior ministers doubt that a mask requirement and compliance with the distance rules in demonstrations is always sufficient, as reported by the “Spiegel”. To prevent further corona infections, depending on the current incidence value, “restrictions on the number of participants” may be necessary.
