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North Rhine-Westphalia Prime Minister Armin Laschet (CDU) spoke of the growing number of new infections starting in November as “decision month”. And the Prime Minister of Bavaria, Markus Söder (CSU), advocated stricter crown measures: “It is better to be right and right than to take and half.” Today Chancellor Angela Merkel and the heads of country are discussing in a video conference.
Various outlets such as dpa, RTL and the newspapers of the Funke media group are now reporting on a draft of the federal government’s draft resolution that will be discussed in the videoconference. Consequently, stricter measures must be taken. from November 4 enter into force throughout Germany and until the end of the month Be valid. The goal is to “quickly interrupt the dynamics of the infection so that far-reaching restrictions are not necessary” during the Christmas season. This is how the dpa quotes from the newspaper. “Families and friends should be able to get together during the Christmas season even in Corona conditions. This now requires a joint effort, just like in the spring.”
Key points of the draft resolution: contact restrictions, closing bars and pubs or banning of events. The points at a glance.
Citizens must keep their contacts “to the absolute minimum,” he says. The common stay in public should only be allowed to members of the own household and of another household. This is binding, violations of these contact restrictions would be sanctioned by the regulatory authorities. Groups of people celebrating in public places, apartments and private facilities are unacceptable in view of the dire situation.
Bars, clubs, discos, pubs and similar establishments will be closed, according to the decision, with the exception of the delivery and collection of food for consumption at home.
Offers of tourist accommodation in Germany must be prohibited. Accommodation offers should only be made for necessary purposes, they say. All citizens should be asked to refrain in general from private trips and visits, even by family members. This should apply nationally and for national day sightseeing excursions.
Events that serve as entertainment should be prohibited. Theaters, operas and concert halls are supposed to close. The regulation should also affect leisure and amateur sports in and in all public and private sports facilities, swimming pools and amusement pools, as well as fitness studios and similar facilities. They should also close fairs, cinemas, brothels and amusement parks.
Schools and kindergartens should not be closed. States should introduce more protective measures in these areas, it is said. Therefore, the retail trade must remain open as a whole, subject to hygiene, access control and queue avoidance.
Sick people, those in need of care, the elderly and the disabled should be particularly protected against the corona virus. Available rapid corona tests “should now be used quickly and with priority in this area” so that safe contacts can be possible, he says.
Companies in the personal care sector such as cosmetic studios, massage parlors or tattoo studios will close. The hairdressing salons remained open according to existing hygiene standards. Medically necessary treatments, such as physical therapy, should also remain possible.
Faced with these possible restrictions, the federal government wants to extend aid to companies and improve conditions for the economic sectors that are mainly affected, such as culture and the events industry. In addition, the express loan of the state banking group KfW for companies with less than ten employees will be opened and adjusted.
Industry, commerce and midsize companies should be able to work safely and comprehensively, he said. Employers have a special responsibility to their employees to protect them from infection and identify chains of infection quickly. Home work should be possible whenever possible.
It is questionable whether the Foreign Ministry’s draft resolution will be approved one by one at Wednesday’s crisis summit. Some countries have already announced that they consider complete closures to be incorrect, for example in the field of restoration.
In addition, the federal states led by the SPD plus Thuringia, according to information from SPIEGEL, recently discussed their own draft of a proposed resolution that speaks of a “gradual closure of public and economic life.” The draft contains in part the same measures as the federal draft, but differs, for example, in the fact that initially the events should not be banned entirely.
The new measures will now be discussed starting at noon.
