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Chancellor Angela Merkel (65 years, CDU) and the prime ministers of the 16 federal states have agreed, after a long time, to cautiously moderate the crown’s measures at the national level. Among other things, they affect playgrounds and places of worship. On the other hand, the contact blockade extended until May 10.
After far-reaching relief, it was still too early, he said after the video conference: “It is still too early to be able to judge by the new infections reported if the opening measures (since April 20, editor’s note) have changed despite hygiene requirements have had an intensifying effect on the infection process. ”
BILD offers an overview: what is loosened now and what is not.
Schools and kindergartens: decision postponed
It remains open when more children can go to schools and daycare centers. Federal and state governments want to discuss this in more detail on May 6. Acting Chancellor Helge Braun expressed the hope that all of the daycare’s children can be cared for again before the summer break.
In the debate over opening primary schools in NRW, Prime Minister Armin Laschet (CDU) publicly thwarted his own school ministry. On Thursday night, the head of government put into perspective an announcement that elementary schools should reopen on May 11 in a continuous system for all four grades. Mail for schools will be “corrected”, Laschet announced in Düsseldorf.
Playing fields: open under certain conditions
The way children suffer in the Corona crisis went through the media across the country throughout the week. Bernd Siggelkow, founder of child and youth labor “Die Arche”, reported in BILD that especially children in precarious family relationships are even more disadvantaged than anyway.
Therefore, slides, seesaws and swings in playgrounds must be allowed again under certain conditions. Chancellor Merkel, however, emphasized that the final decision to open it rests with the federal states.
In Berlin, children were allowed to play in many playgrounds on Thursday. Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Brandenburg and Schleswig-Holstein decided immediately after the decision to reopen their seats as quickly as possible, sometimes even on weekends. Conditions have yet to be determined, however, individual municipalities may move.
Museums, zoos, monuments: open under certain conditions.
The reopening of museums, galleries, zoos and monuments should also be allowed, subject to hygiene and distance requirements. To finance structural and personnel changes, the federal government plans to approve € 10 million for small and medium museums. Access must also be controlled to avoid queues.
In some federal states like Berlin, Schleswig-Holstein, Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt, zoos and animal parks are already open. Berlin museums should also start on Monday. Other countries announced openings.
Church services: only with distance and hygiene rules.
Community services must also be allowed again, here also with rules on distance and hygiene. Special religious celebrations, such as baptisms, circumcisions, or weddings, as well as funeral services, should again be possible in a small group.
Some countries have already introduced or announced easing here. Churches have definite conditions for religious celebrations by themselves: the Evangelical Church in Germany is planning religious services without singing and without wind instruments, the German Catholic Bishops’ Conference recommends silent singing and special precautions for communion.
Restaurants and hotels: remain closed
Restaurateurs and hoteliers look beyond the subway: restaurants, cafes and hotels remain closed. The long-awaited prospect for the distraught industry did not materialize.
The Federal Government simply instructed the ministers to make proposals for the Federal Chancellor’s conference on May 6 with the heads of state. When asked if one could travel to Europe again this summer, Merkel replied that this was not yet on the agenda.
Store openings: larger stores remain
Chancellor Merkel defended the controversial ban on larger businesses with more than 800 square meters. The goal is not to have all the “passenger traffic” in city centers.
It should also be balanced: “For me it was important, for example, that we didn’t open all the stores but we still didn’t say a word about the nursery.” Retailers criticized the 800-square-meter rule. The sales ban had been declared unconstitutional in Bavaria, other courts had upheld the rule. After a court decision, the KaDeWe in Berlin can reopen throughout its area.
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