NRW: Corona rules in December 2020 will be tightened

Düsseldorf –

In North Rhine-Westphalia, the crown rules will be tightened in December 2020. It is mandatory to wear a mask in all locked rooms, and ski areas cannot be opened. Health Minister Karl-Josef Laumann (CDU) and Economy Minister Andreas Pinkwart (FDP) gave a press conference on Monday, November 30, 2020.

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NRW Short Press Conference: New Crown Rules Effective Dec 1, 2020

There is already a vaccination strategy for North Rhine-Westphalia, but there are even more new ones: the current Crown Protection Ordinance will expire on the night of December 1, 2020 and will be superseded. We will write down everything that changes now in clear points for you during the press conference:

• So far wants Laumann did not comment on which vaccine in North Rhine-Westphalia against the corona virus It should be used
• the The new Crown Protection Ordinance will initially apply until December 20, 2020 – after that there will probably be changes again
• Overnight stays in hotels in NRW are allowed at Christmas: Whoever visits the family can stay in a hotel – Laumann cannot understand a discussion on this topic
• TO Cities / towns that have an incidence greater than 200, Laumann wants to individually decide and coordinate what to do: bans on the sale of alcohol and other contact restrictions are conceivable
• A Bridge aid 3 is January 2021 planned
• It will be one too December Help give, says Pinkwart
• November Help also includes payments on account
• First Bridge 2 benefit payments will begin tonight (November 30, 2020)
• So far there is 11,900 requests for help bridge 2
• Pinkwart: after bridge 1 aid (for the summer months) Bridge aid now follows 2
• Ski areas in NRW cannot be operated (e.g. Winterberg, Eifel): ski lifts are completely inactive because they are considered leisure facilities
• Special regulation for Christmas days: Since 23.12. until 1.1. The reunion of families of up to ten people is allowed.
• Important: the recommended ones Contact restrictions for Christmas should not be enforced in private rooms at NRW with the help of state authorities. be.
• Mask requirements now also apply in front of shops and parking lots shopping
• The mask requirement applies to ALL closed (public) rooms
• Only two households can meet – a maximum of 5 people (Children up to 14 years old are not counted)
• The changes to the Crown Protection Ordinance take effect on December 1.
• Laumann: 67,600 people infected in NRW, the weekly incidence is 147.5. The problem is that the R factor of 1.03 is still too high

NRW: ski areas remain closed

In NRW, the ban mainly affects the Sauerland ski regions.

Winterberg Mayor Michael Beckmann (CDU) told WDR 5 broadcaster that a ban until the end of the holidays would hit the city of 12,500 people extremely hard. Because tourism is also a commercial and gastronomic engine. (Doc)