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Bavarian Prime Minister Söder has no hope of easing: partial lockdown is much more likely to extend, according to Söder in Report from Berlin. Schools must also test themselves.
When it comes to Corona, according to Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder, there are no prospects for easing and “not all clear.” The partial closure had an effect “because a lot of people participated,” Söder said.
However, it should be clear that we have the “softer blockade of Europe” and that the current one is also softer than in the spring, continued the head of CSU. The number of infections has now stabilized. But: “The hospitals are full, the death rate is increasing.”
Looking ahead to the federal-state meeting next Wednesday, Söder said: “We will certainly propose to extend or deepen the blockade.” In addition to other contact restrictions, the issue of schools should also be discussed, Söder said. “At critical points in particular, the school is unfortunately one of the sources of infection.” A general mask requirement, also in elementary school, or alternate lessons in higher grades are up for debate. Teachers would also have to be equipped with masks.
Less pressure on students
It is important to consider the pressure to perform in schools; for example, according to Söder, fewer examinations can be conceived. It should not be the case that someone “just for Corona” is sitting still. The priority is that elementary schools and nurseries remain open. Consideration should also be given to whether to start winter break earlier or end it later.
Christmas will not be a normal Christmas this year. “It should be celebrated with the family, but maybe not with the extended family,” Söder said. New Year’s Eve worries you the most. It is clear that “there will be no big parties or large gatherings of people, for example at the Brandenburg Gate” at the end of the year.
“With the vaccine the situation changes significantly”
What hope is a vaccine, so Söder. “If it is, as the Chancellor says, that a vaccine could be available at the end of December or in January, then the situation will change significantly.” Although citizens would also have to live with a Corona vaccine, Söder said, “but much more freely.”
It is important that a perspective is developed now. “It’s time for a real design,” says Söder. “We have to deal with the truth.”
Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz had also said in “Bild am Sonntag” (“BamS”): “Everything indicates that the current restrictions will have to continue for a time after November 30.”
