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Despite the lockdown, numerous visitors rushed to Schliersee and Tegernsee over the weekend. District administrator Olaf von Löwis is now asking Prime Minister Markus Söder for stricter rules.
- The images of the caravans and crowded parking lots “horrified him,” according to the district administrator.
- In an SMS to the Prime Minister, Olaf von Löwis (CSU) now calls for stricter rules.
- Appeals alone would not be enough to encourage hikers to stay home.
district – District administrator Olaf von Löwis (CSU) sent his emergency call by SMS. The reason: the many hikers who arrived in the Miesbach district at the weekend despite the exit restrictions. Addressee of the short message: Prime Minister Markus Söder.
“Dear Markus, I don’t like to bother you by SMS,” Löwis wrote. “But with us, daytime tourism gets out of control. It really burns. ” The Agatharied Clinic rightly fears that the emergency room is overloaded due to the increasing number of injuries. “Our hospital also has more to do with corona patients who are gaining weight.” Löwi’s conclusion: The “stay at home” appeal must be based on rules about exit restrictions. “The police are at their limit.”
In a press release from the district office, Löwis endorses their approach. The images of the caravans and crowded parking lots over the weekend would have “horrified him,” the district administrator said. “I understand that everyone wants to go out into nature when the weather is good. But we are in the middle of a global pandemic! ”. You only have to walk from your front door for a while and you cannot drive into the country.
District Administrator Fears Agatharied Hospital Emergency Room Overload
Above all, Löwis fears the consequences of possible accidents for hikers or toboggans. Anyone who is injured in the district is very likely to go to the emergency room at Agatharied Hospital. There, however, employees have been working on the edge for months and must focus all their efforts on caring for corona patients and emergencies. The district administrator asks all hikers: “Be responsible to the districts of the Alpine chain and their residents!”
Löwis is now waiting for the support of the state government. This should provide interested circles with the means to “control excessive excursion tourism”. A common solution is needed, Löwis emphasizes.
Infection in the district remains tense
The infection process in the district remains tense. As district office spokeswoman Sophie Stadler reports, 48 new infections were reported to the health department on December 23 and 68 new infections on Christmas Eve, the second and third highest daily numbers since the pandemic began. More cases (98) were only registered on March 23. At over 200, the 7-day incidence is higher than ever in the district. On Monday there were 210.
In the last four days, with a total of 51 cases, significantly fewer cases were reported, but according to Stadler, the health department has not given the go-ahead, on the contrary. Because many medical offices were closed for the holidays, it must be assumed that many citizens are only now going to take the test and the numbers will rise again in the coming days.
In principle, the infection process in the district is still diffuse, that is, distributed throughout all communities and population groups. However, shortly before or during the holidays, some larger clusters were discovered: a series of tests after a resident who tested positive in the asylum community accommodation in Warngau (we reported) showed that 25 of 45 residents were infected . Now the entire facility is quarantined. Four family associations, each with up to ten people, are also affected by the virus.
Four more deaths related to coronavirus
Four other coronavirus-related deaths were also reported to the health department: According to the district office, three men and one woman, all very elderly, died from or with the virus. This brings the total number of deaths to 21.
Despite the increasing number of infections and high incidence, the district office is currently not ordering any further tightening measures in addition to known measures from the state government.
However, the call from the district administrator for help in hiking matters has already reached Munich, reports Stadler. The president of the State Parliament and member of the CSU electoral district, Ilse Aigner, promised Löwis by phone to discuss the issue at the government level.
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