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Issues over the curfew, an emergency brake from Corona planned by Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) for schools and nurseries, and over visiting family members at Easter. After the preparatory process was already chaotic in parts, the federal-state consultation, which was actually scheduled for 2 pm, started late. In the run-up to this, Merkel, Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) and Berlin Mayor Michael Müller (SPD) argued again.
In the draft resolution for the Crown Summit, there were no fewer than 44 square brackets with contentious points.
According to information from Tagesspiegel, an initial agreement was reached shortly after the start of the summit: the federal and state governments want the crown closed as previously planned. extend until April 18.
And: Contact restrictions will probably not be eased during Easter. With a view to the holidays, several countries insisted on exceptions. They demanded that meetings with four people outside the home be possible between April 2 and 5, even if the incidence value of 100 is exceeded. The point was then included, as a point not yet agreed, in the draft resolution of the Chancellery.
But in the Bund-Länder Round this has so far been rejected by a majority. According to information from Tagesspiegel, the applicable contact restrictions would be maintained at that time also during Easter. If the 7-day incidence is greater than 100, only one household plus one additional person can be assembled. That would make the largest Easter gatherings between family and friends impossible. In some federal states such as Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, visits within the nuclear family have so far been possible.
After three hours of intense negotiations, it was too much for the chancellor, according to information from Tagesspiegel. The summit was interrupted. Angela Merkel, the measures discussed so far are too few, as all your proposals have been rejected so far; it also gave too much resistance to exit restrictions. “He wants a hardening,” he says from government circles. Now there are separate deliberations between the Prime Ministers.
Important points still open at the summit:
- In the run-up to the summit lack of rapid tests caused problems, which the federal government didn’t take care of before, which really upset some prime ministers.
- Especially from the Chancellor is now calling for schools and nurseries to be closed from an incidence of 100 if two exams per week are not possible. A planned closure of schools and daycare centers with an incidence of 7 days of 200 or more should, from the point of view of the federal states, only “take place a few days before so that families can adjust.”
- After considerable pressure from the federal states, the one demanded by Merkel is also in force Curfew from the night before until the next day at 5 am from an incident of 100 again available. In the draft resolution for the federal-state switchboard, “more stringent contact restrictions” are mentioned as an alternative.
So far, Merkel has mostly failed because of the prime minister with nationwide regulations for curfews. In addition, the heads of country had ensured that they made comprehensive decisions about how to deal with kindergartens and schools. Therefore, protracted and controversial debates at the summit can be expected again.
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Merkel justifies the threat of hardening and withdrawal of the first relief with the rapid spread of the mutant virus B.1.1.7. Without clearly restrictive measures, the number of new infections would increase so rapidly “that an overload of the health system is likely as early as April.”
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A relevant part of the elderly population has already been vaccinated. But: the “according to current scientific knowledge carries more than 60 percent more mortality of the mutant B.1.1.7 now leading in Germany and the fact that younger patients generally have a longer stay in the intensive care unit They have contributed to the fact that the health system burden limit is not reached much later than before the vaccination of the elderly population, given the exponential growth.
The following should already be considered safe: Contact restrictions are likely to re-harden. Because the incidence in many places is currently above the limit of 100, from which the “emergency brake” must be applied. Shops, museums, galleries, zoos and botanical gardens will also have to close again. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced Sunday that the number of new corona infections per 100,000 residents reported in one week was 103.9.
As of March 7, gatherings with five people from two households, plus children under the age of 14, have been allowed. However, if it is the “emergency brake”, only meetings with someone outside the home, other than the children, would be possible.
With a view of the many travelers who start in Mallorca A significant tightening of the draft resolution is foreseen: “Travel, especially holiday trips abroad, must be combined with an epidemiologically required quarantine and the obligation to take a test before returning home and when entering the Federal Republic of Germany , regardless of the incidents in the country of destination “, emphasizes the draft.
That means: even in risk-free areas, there should now be testing and quarantine obligations, making these vacation trips that much more complicated. However, this is still subject to review. In government circles, the point was harshly criticized on Sunday, because such regulation would have an arbitrary effect and the courts could quickly revoke such a “Lex Mallorca” after the corresponding complaints.
A blanket call is made to refrain from traveling: “The federal and state governments continue to urge all citizens to refrain from travel that is not absolutely necessary in Germany and abroad – also with regard to the upcoming Easter days. entries from foreign risk areas the obligation Registration in the digital entry register is mandatory, and there is a quarantine obligation for a period of 10 days after the return. ”
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In addition, it calls for more speed and an expansion of rapid tests, especially through a voluntary commitment from the companies. “Testing should be offered to employees at least once a week and, if available, twice a week.”
The SPD ministers-presidents also appeal It is better to keep the offices completely closed.
But with faster tests To better secure openings and enter a phase of life with the virus, individual areas of public life should be opened as part of model projects. Rhineland-Palatinate is planning this for outdoor catering, for example. This attempt is also taking place in Tübingen.
The core conditions are “negative test results as access criteria, IT-supported processes for contact tracing and possibly also for test testing, spatial delineation at the municipal level, and close feedback to the public health service.”
Since the federal states have handled it differently so far, it is emphasized with respect to the “emergency brake” for regions with more than 100 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in seven days that this “must be implemented” consistently. “in view of the exponentially increasing dynamics of infection.
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