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Chancellor Angela Merkel and the ministers of the “Crown Cabinet” met today at 11:30 am to discuss the measures of the crown. It was about the implementation of the resolutions of the federal-state summit last week.
New quarantine rules were prepared
As government spokesman Steffen Seibert made clear at the beginning of the press conference, no resolution was taken this morning. Corona’s cabinet met to prepare resolutions. The topics were tests, quarantine rules, and follow-up rules.
“The quarantine period will be set at ten days.” Government Spokesperson Steffen Seibert
Corona’s cabinet has agreed on what was already considered probable before the meeting: People entering Germany from foreign risk areas should have to be quarantined for ten days. A negative test should be able to shorten the quarantine from the fifth day of return. A catalog of exceptions is planned.
According to a spokesman for the Federal Ministry of Health, the model quarantine ordinance is still being drafted, which aims to create a national regulatory framework to the extent possible. Ultimately, however, federal states determine how they handle entry from risk areas. And this, Seibert added, also applies to entries from risk areas within Germany.
Testing strategy and mandatory testing regulation
According to Seibert, the extent of the test has increased significantly. In recent weeks, more than a million tests have been performed per week. The Federal Minister of Health is working on a new ordinance in coordination with the ministries. This should regulate the coexistence of laboratory tests and rapid tests.
The digital entry regulation, which is scheduled to begin on November 1, aims to improve the transfer of data to health authorities.
Resolutions next week
While Corona’s cabinet only discussed today, according to Seibert, decisions must be made next week.
At first, the government spokesman noted that the number of infections in Germany has been increasing for a good three months. “The goal must remain to keep the number of cases so low that health authorities monitor infections, monitor chains of infection and can also interrupt chains of contagion,” said the government spokesman. For this, the rules must be strictly adhered to. Everything must be done so that restrictions like in spring are no longer necessary.
What is currently valid in Bavaria
- Anyone who has been in a risk zone for the past two weeks and enters Bavaria must go straight to home quarantine for 14 days. You must also inform the health department, unless you have already given an exit card to the carrier. Exceptions to quarantine are in the case of a negative corona test if it was carried out no more than 48 hours prior to entry and a molecular biology test is available. Anyone who has been abroad for less than 48 hours and has no symptoms does not have to go into quarantine after entering Bavaria.
Little hope for the travel industry
Several European regions have already been declared risk zones. The federal government has declared all of Scotland, the north of England and almost all of the Netherlands to be corona risk areas and is now warning against tourist travel there.
Therefore, tour operators expect a harsh winter. “The travel industry is out of assets, because currently there is almost nothing that can be sold for the winter. And sales are already only a quarter of last year’s sales. There are no improvements in sight,” said the president from the German Travel Association (DRV), Norbert Fiebig.
Fiebig called for the travel tips to be even more detailed and differentiated within individual regions. “Warning against traveling to all the Canary Islands if only one of the seven islands exceeds the critical limit value (…) is not at all adequate or moderate, on the contrary, it is absurd”.
Only 20 percent of Germans want to travel
In view of the increasing number of corona infections and numerous travel advisories, only one in five Germans wants to travel in the upcoming fall or winter anyway. According to a survey conducted by the opinion research institute YouGov on behalf of the German Press Agency, eight percent are planning a trip abroad, twelve percent want to go on vacation to Germany. 66 percent have already decided to stay home all fall and winter. Eight percent remain undecided, five percent did not provide information.
For comparison: last fall and winter, 41 percent of those surveyed were still traveling: 23 percent abroad and 18 percent within Germany. 55 did not go on vacation, four percent did not provide information.
