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Now, apparently, even Christmas is at stake.
If the number of corona infections continues to rise (most recently 11,176 in the last 24 hours), a “normal” Christmas party threatens to be canceled this year; the first politicians in Germany are now warning about this. In plain English: fewer family visits, no more celebrations!
This was initially reported by the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung” (FAS). In this case, the festival “will have to take place in a narrower framework,” said Hessian Chancellor of State Axel Wintermeyer. People “should cut down on contacts whenever possible, avoid travel and everything that can be avoided.”
Pessimistic evaluations also come from other federal states.
► Heiger Scholz, head of the Lower Saxony crisis team He explained, “I’m getting more and more skeptical about what will and won’t work at Christmas.”
► Helmut Dedy, Director General of the German Association of Cities, it even assumes restrictions in an area “that will hurt us emotionally.”
► According to the FAS, he said Head of the Saarland State Chancellery, Henrik Eitel: “In the worst case, families will have to split their visits over the Christmas holidays.”
Particularly affected by a lonely Christmas party. The elders of society.
► The President of the Council of the Evangelical Church of Germany (EKD), Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, therefore, he cautioned against leaving older people alone during the Christmas holidays. “We have to find the balance in nursing homes.” He described as “excessive” some restrictions at the beginning of the pandemic.
But tougher measures are perhaps the only way out of the current misery of the crown for SPD health politician Karl Lauterbach. Lauterbach explained in BILD am Sonntag: “The restrictions that have been decided now are unfortunately not enough to prevent overcrowding in intensive care units and a significant increase in the death rate in December. We have to readjust that. It is no longer enough to be careful and abide by the AHA + L rules. Also, everyone should again reduce their contacts as much as possible.
Chancellor Angela Merkel (66, CDU) had already declared a week ago that difficult months were ahead. “In the coming days and weeks it will be decided how winter will be like our Christmas,” Merkel said. “We all decide that through our actions.”
Bayern regional boss Markus Söder (53, CSU) had recently warned about a lonely Christmas party. In a message from the party executive he said: “Either we can get the numbers back under control in the next four weeks, or it will be very difficult.”
Söder-Klartext: “Then it will be a lonely Christmas.”
