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Starting today, stricter crown requirements will be reapplied across the country, an indispensable step from Chancellor Merkel’s point of view. She already expects a turning point this month. But this requires the help of each individual.
On the day that the strictest national Crown measures came into effect, Chancellor Angela Merkel once again insisted on the need for stricter regulations. They expect a “breakwater” effect that will bring a turning point in the rapidly increasing number of cases. However, to achieve this goal, everyone must meet the strictest requirements, Merkel appealed to the population.
Today, the Robert Koch Institute reported more than 12,000 new infections in 24 hours. Nationwide, the infection rate is now an average of 127.8 infections per 100,000 residents in seven days, Merkel said. The CDU politician stressed that in the regions the limit of 50 cases per 100,000 citizens in one week must be reached again.
At this time, health authorities could no longer trace the chains of infection. Based on the “exponential growth” in the number of cases, hospitals were heading “with increasing rapidity” towards an “acute emergency”.
The first balance sheet is scheduled for mid-November.
Last week, the federal government and the prime ministers of the federal states agreed on the so-called November closure. Restaurants and cultural establishments, among others, have to close for four weeks. Private contacts will be restricted again more clearly.
Unlike the first closure in spring, schools and daycare centers must remain open. Church services can also continue to be held as long as hygiene rules are observed. Merkel defended this decision with the right to religious freedom. It is “imperative” to continue religious services, as schools and nurseries can also continue to function.
In mid-November, Merkel and the country’s leaders wanted to take stock of the effectiveness of the renewed closure of public life. Politically, it will do everything it can to limit the measures to November, but it cannot guarantee it.
Understanding “dislike and dislike”
Merkel stressed several times that she could understand “the resentment and discontent” of the population. People are disappointed that it lasts so long. “The bottom line is that we had a very carefree summer. Fall has come very strong,” said the Chancellor. And you are aware that the winter months are long, from November to March. “This light at the end of a tunnel is still a long way off,” Merkel said.
However, everyone should understand the protective measures. The virus was “kind of like a natural disaster,” Merkel said. Such a “special and challenging event” occurs “probably only once a century.” He added: “We have to live with the virus. It is there, even if we don’t see it.”
That is why we must act against the pandemic with these comprehensive measures and not with half decisions: “The virus punishes half.”
Merkel trusts “reason and responsibility”
And everyone in your circle of friends and family has someone who is at risk. Merkel claimed that among people over 60 or people with disabilities, 30 percent of the population was one of the risk groups. Other risk factors such as previous illnesses are not even included.
For the chancellor “it would not be a pretty image of society if one does not take care of the other.” So he was optimistic that people would comply with the regulations. “I think we are a country that can do something like this.” Trust the “common sense and responsibility” of the population.
More freedom possible again in December?
Merkel did not want to commit to how things would continue after the four-week partial lockdown. That should be shown in November. If people also adhere to contact restrictions in the private sector, this creates the conditions for a “bearable December.”
Then you could allow yourself more freedom again at Christmas, for example visits to the family nucleus, but here also with precautionary measures. “It will be a Christmas under Corona conditions, but it should not be a lonely Christmas,” Merkel emphasized. Merkel ruled out that this year “lavish New Year’s Eve parties” are held.
In the face of the economic consequences of the newly stricter regulations, Merkel said they are harsh on the food and culture industries. Politics puts a lot of pressure on some. But nobody will be left alone, assured the chancellor. The federal government had again agreed a financial aid of up to ten billion euros to mitigate the economic losses caused by the partial closure.
