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In a videoconference with Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU), the prime ministers of the federal states agreed on new measures to contain the corona virus. The Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg, Kretschmann, stood in front of the cameras.
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The federal government wants to control the corona infection numbers with tough cuts. As Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) announced after consultation with the Prime Minister, the massive restrictions in daily life will come from next Monday, November 2 and not, as originally planned in the federal resolution, from 4 November November. come into force. Baden-Württemberg Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) spoke after an acute situation. “The situation has dramatically worsened,” said the green politician, referring to the recent sharp increase in the number of infections in the country. Now it’s a matter of speed and consistency. Also in Baden-Württemberg the number of patients in intensive care units is increasing and many chains of infection can no longer be traced.
Kretschmann urged the population to support the decisions. “Believe me, it depends on every day,” said the Green politician, who once again emphasized that he now depends on everyone’s cooperation. Social contacts should now be kept to a minimum. The level of infection is so high and the virus is spreading so widely that in three-quarters of infections, it is no longer possible to understand where the infection came from, Kretschmann added. As a result, you can no longer rely solely on hygiene concepts. “I am aware that we are demanding a lot from them,” Kretschmann said in his speech to the population. The ultimate goal should now be to reduce personal contacts by 75 percent.
The measures will be tested in mid-November
At the press conference on the federal-state consultations today, the Chancellor also spoke of a “national effort” that would be necessary again as of November 2 to stop the increase in the number of infections. “We have to establish strict conditions to restrict contacts.” Merkel added that all prime ministers supported the resolutions. After two weeks, around November 11, the Chancellor and the heads of government want to discuss again, evaluate the objectives achieved through the measures and make the necessary adjustments.
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Coronavirus measures: criticism from the opposition
The presidium of the Baden-Württemberg state parliament will discuss the anti-crown measures at a special public meeting on Thursday. A special session of the state parliament is not scheduled, said a parliament spokesman in Stuttgart. But that is exactly what the SPD parliamentary group demands. Before the four-week closure of restaurants and leisure facilities takes effect, the SPD wants to discuss the measures. Factional leader Andreas Stoch wants a special session of the state parliament on Friday, as Bavaria has already announced in its state parliament. We should not only talk now about parliamentary participation, but also act accordingly.
The leader of the FDP parliamentary group, Hans-Ulrich Rülke, also called for a vote on the new measures. An ordinance could not take such enormous measures. With the latest measures, the FDP is basically taking a hard line. The restrictions showed that the heads of government had learned nothing from the course of the crisis so far, Rülke said. The measures declined to reveal where and on what occasions the main infections occurred.
The AfD also reacted to the new crown restrictions decided by the federal and state governments with rejection and outrage. “It is completely overstated,” State President Alice Weidel said in Berlin on Wednesday. “We have to learn to live with Corona,” he added.
More than 2,400 new infections in Baden-Württemberg
Meanwhile, the number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Baden-Württemberg increased by 2,402 cases compared to Tuesday. In total, at least 75,137 people have been shown to have been infected with the Sars-CoV-2 pathogen, as announced by the State Health Office on Wednesday (as of 4:00 pm). The number of deaths related to the virus increased from 14 to 1,999.
Nationally, the value of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in seven days is 95.9 and, therefore, almost double the threshold of 50 for the highest alert level in the country. The day before the value was 89.9. The Heilbronn district has the highest value with 158. Right behind is the Alb-Danube district with a value of 157.8. The urban districts of Pforzheim (155.6) and Mannheim (153.2) also show very high values. A total of 15 urban and rural districts are above the threshold of 100 for the seven-day incidence.
