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North Rhine-Westphalia closes!
Prime Minister Armin Laschet (59, CDU) calls for a tough blockade BEFORE Christmas. He said Friday morning that he wanted to start restrictions on Monday: “The closure must come as soon as possible!”
Your urgent warning: “We can’t wait until Christmas.” “An all-German response” and “a real trend reversal for all of Germany are needed NOW”.
Calls for the next Crown Summit “ASAP”. “Better Saturday than Sunday.” And also: “‘As soon as possible'” is the formulation because I want a consensus between the countries. He is optimistic that there will be an agreement.
The NRW plan: As of Monday, retail, except for grocery stores, must be closed through January 10. Compulsory school attendance will end for the time being. For students through seventh grade, parents are free to choose whether to send their children to school or let them study from home. Students older than eighth grade are generally taught at a distance. School holidays are extended by two days.
Kindergarten children at NRW are not to be brought to daycare between December 14 and January 10. NRW Family Minister Joachim Stamp (FDP) appealed to parents to only use the offer if absolutely necessary and otherwise leave their children at home if possible.
In principle, however, the facilities remain open, unless they have already planned company vacations during the period. There are no Christmas holidays national uniforms for kindergartens.
Laschet also doesn’t want to allow parties on New Years Eve. The current restrictions that can only be met by five people from two households should be applied again on New Year’s Eve, the prime minister said. “There are no gatherings in public places on New Year’s Eve,” he said.
Laschet said: “It will be a difficult time now,” but the next shot will shed light at the end of the tunnel. But “constantly shutting down” the country is “now imperative.”
La Leopoldina, the National Academy of Sciences, asked Tuesday to use the holidays and the turn of the year for a difficult closing. From December 24 to at least January 10, 2021, public life should largely rest throughout Germany and shops, except for daily needs, should also close.
In view of the sharp increase in the crown number, Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder (53, CSU) has also spoken in favor of a national shutdown before Christmas. “We have to act and as quickly as possible,” he said Friday in an appointment with Health Minister Jens Spahn (40, CDU) at the future Corona vaccination center in Nuremberg.
Spahn agreed with Söder: “Obviously, additional measures are needed, and sooner rather than later.” Because, according to Spahn: “It shouldn’t be a festival for the virus. The virus doesn’t care if we’ve already bought our Christmas presents. “
And: “The WE must be more important than the I, and that means: resign.”
Seehofer: The closure must take place “immediately” “
Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (71, CSU) also wants to advance contact restrictions. Blitzkrieg approaching? Seehofer exerts pressure!
“The only possibility to regain control of the situation is a shutdown, which must take place immediately,” the CSU politician told “Spiegel”. “If we wait until Christmas, we will have to struggle with the high numbers for months.”
Seehofer expressed his anger at the current situation. He’s really angry. The advantage that Germany fought for in the spring during the pandemic has been lost. This is not due to the indiscipline of the citizens, but above all to inadequate measures.
Now we have one after another
The federal and state governments want to decide on a further tightening of the crown crisis at a high-level meeting between Chancellor Angela Merkel (66, CDU) and the prime minister on December 13.
Schleswig-Holstein is even pushing for an immediate crisis summit from the federal and state governments through a quick shutdown at the national level.
The vote should take place “preferably today”, but “tomorrow at the latest,” Prime Minister Daniel Günther (CDU) said in Kiel’s state parliament on Friday. In the current situation, “not a single day of delay can be justified,” he added. Germany is in a difficult “test”.
The only way out was “a clear confinement as soon as possible,” added the head of government during his emotional appearance. It will pressure him between prime ministers. Germany faces “an incredibly difficult time until Easter,” he pleaded with all citizens for solidarity and strict adherence to containment rules.
Due to the uncontrolled increase in corona infections, Baden-Württemberg will go into lockdown after Christmas until at least January 10. Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (72, Greens) announced on Friday that he would seek a joint solution with neighboring Baden-Württemberg states if a solution could not be found at the national level.
“Unfortunately, the situation is alarming,” Kretschmann said. “We have signs of a renewed exponential increase in the number of new infections, so it is imperative that we drastically tighten measures.”
Starting Saturday, a statewide exit restriction will also apply. The exceptions could be work or a visit to the doctor, said the country’s head. More contacts are allowed during the day than at night. Only at Christmas, from December 23 to 27, it is also allowed to attend private and religious events in the evening, Kretschmann said. The measures should be applied initially for four weeks.
This is how it looks nationally
The state of Saxony, Germany’s crown hotspot, has started: schools, kindergartens, after-school care centers and many stores will close next Monday. There are also plans for nightly curfews between 10 pm and 6 am Starting next week, shopping in Saxony should only be possible within a 15 kilometer radius.
● In Bayern Since Wednesday, stricter rules have been put in place such as exit restrictions, alcohol bans in city centers and curfews at hotspots. “Exit restrictions nationwide, night curfews at hotspots, business closings, company holidays and extended school holidays everywhere,” demands Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU). Stores should only remain open for daily necessities, such as groceries.
● To Sedan Ruling mayor Müller also announced significant restrictions on Thursday. The Senate wants to address it next Tuesday. Müller also wants to coordinate with Brandenburg.
● Brandenburg it is currently reviewing stricter rules. “The situation is very serious. It should be clear to everyone that we now need tougher measures, ”said Health Minister Ursula Nonnemacher (Los Verdes).
Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke (59, SPD) stated that until Sunday there would be several discussions about stricter crown rules. There will be “another round of prime ministers tonight, and the round with the federal government on Sunday,” he said on private BB radio on Friday.
● In his government statement, the Prime Minister of Hesse, Volker bouffier (68, CDU), it remains to be seen whether the relaxation of restrictions during Christmas and New Year’s Eve / New Years that was decided in the Bund-Laender round will continue. In principle, the state government is in favor. However, in your impression, more restrictions are “very likely”, especially for New Years Eve.
● Thursday also had Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig (SPD) has spoken out in favor of shutting down retail, with the exception of grocery stores, as early as the fourth Advent. Schwesig expects an agreement on the national uniform and strict crown restrictions at the peak of the crown crisis on Sunday. “We have great interest in early action,” Schwesig said Friday at the ARD “Morgenmagazin.” Now it is clear that the current measures are not enough and “we have to sit down again.”
● also Lower saxony it moves away from the easing of the crown foreseen for the turn of the year and takes a harder course. Prime Minister Stephan Weil (SPD) announced Thursday in the Hannover state parliament. The restriction of contact to a maximum of five people from two households will only be extended to ten close relatives plus children under the age of 14 from December 24 to 26. Thereafter, the strict restrictions will continue to apply until January 10. When meeting friends, the five-person rule will also apply at Christmas. However, the possibility of staying in a hotel in Lower Saxony to visit relatives during Christmas or the turn of the year is not affected.
● The Rhineland Palatinate Prime Minister Malu Dreyer (SPD) said on the ZDF program “Maybrit Illner”: “I think we have to be very strict also at Christmas and, in any case, also on New Year’s Eve.”
● That too Saar The cabinet meets on Friday. Prime Minister Tobias Hans (CDU) told the “Rheinische Post” that he was in favor of a tough blockade that would last at least two weeks. “It is essential that all federal states agree with the federal government on a coordinated, uniform and understandable procedure for the people. Federalism must show that it is capable of fighting the pandemic, ”Hans told the newspaper.
● Saxony-Anhalt: According to the MDR, the local Ministry of Education said that there are currently no concrete plans in Saxony-Anhalt for the closure of the school system before Christmas.
● The cabinet of Thuringia, which also has a high number of infections, decided to take further action for the Free State on Thursday night. Commercial and service companies, with the exception of grocery stores and basic necessities stores, will close at the end of December 18, “provided that the Prime Minister’s Conference does not reach prior agreements.”
