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Strict closure in Berlin: shops closed, longer holidays
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The mayor of Berlin announces a stricter blockade
Berlin’s ruling mayor Michael Müller wants to close stores in the fight against the corona pandemic. Beyond the food retail sector, all other shopping options in Berlin will be closed.
The ruling mayor of Berlin, Müller (SPD), has announced that he will toughen up the crown’s measures. Stores and schools will be closed. No date has been set yet; they could run as of December 20.
seconderlin is planning significant restrictions for retailers and schools to contain the corona pandemic. The ruling mayor Michael Müller (SPD) announced it on Thursday in the Berlin House of Representatives. “We are going to have to close the retail business. Beyond the food retail trade, all other purchase offers must be closed before January 10, there is no other way, ”Müller told the plenary session. When it will be applied has not yet been determined.
The SPD politician believes that there must also be consequences in schools: “There is an incredible amount of contacts through school events, through teaching. And we have to avoid contacts, ”Müller said.
“So I come to the conclusion that we have to extend our school holidays until January 10, or that it is also a variant to let the holidays end on the 4th, but the students then in digital or other form It is wise to teach ”. Müller announced that he would propose this to the Senate on Tuesday. “We will discuss this amongst ourselves. I think it is a viable option. “
“Nothing to come to terms with”
According to Müller, it is not yet clear when it will be applied, but it may be before Christmas. “I still can’t tell you the specific day if it’s the 23rd or the 20th, because we have to do it and we want to coordinate it with Brandenburg,” he said. Müller referred to entire intensive care units and double-digit deaths per day in Berlin in relation to the corona virus. “None of this is something to come to terms with.”
It is foreseeable that the partners of the left coalition and the Greens will support Müller on his way. According to the Berlin “Tagesspiegel”, Green Party leader Silke Gebel declared in her speech: “We are going to leave the virus at home in Berlin for 14 days.” He came out in favor of reducing travel at Christmas to the absolute minimum and visiting relatives resign.
Carsten Schatz, chairman of the left-wing parliamentary group in the House of Representatives, called the number of infections according to the “Tagesspiegel” as “too high.” He prepared the Berliners: “We have more difficult weeks ahead.”
“Too much is happening”
The government mayor also commented on the store openings. Even on the fourth Advent, stores may not be open for purchases on the Sunday before Christmas. “We cannot allow that,” Müller said. He himself saw the situation at the Tauentzien on Sunday, December 6, when it was open to the public. “It does not work like that. A lot is happening, there is a dense crowd in the streets, “said Müller, describing his impressions. And if you take into account that on December 20 the people of Brandenburg were still arriving in the city and shortly before the festival the “typical Christmas fever” broke out, “then situations arise in the retail trade and in the shopping streets that we cannot accept ”.
Müller continues: “In a global crisis in which people are dying, we cannot say that this Sunday of Advent is more important to us.” He maintains: “The health of Berliners is more important to me than a shopping experience.”
