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Sunday, January 03, 2021
“Unfortunately it is not enough”
Söder disappointed with vaccination campaign
First of all, politicians want to get an overview of what contagion dynamics will really look like in Germany by the end of the year. Bavarian Prime Minister Söder gives another simple reason why the rapid lockdown cannot be ended: “Unfortunately, the vaccine is not enough.”
Shortly before the next federal-state summit, Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder again called for an extension of the blockade. “The numbers are still just too high. We don’t have an overview of what really happened on Christmas and New Year’s Eve,” Söder said in an interview with RTL and ntv. The CSU chief ruled out any easing of the restrictions. “We have to stay consistent and not do things by halves. That means we have to extend the lockdown to further reduce the numbers.”
Söder spoke out against opening schools and said it was irresponsible. There is a contagion process in schools and nurseries. “Of course there will continue to be emergency care. I know the situation is difficult, but we are better served with homeschooling and distance learning than with hasty relaxation.”
The Bavarian prime minister also wanted more corona vaccine and also blamed the slow vaccination process for the extended restrictions. “Unfortunately, now we have to extend the blockade because there is not enough vaccine. Fortunately there is one, but unfortunately very little,” Söder said in an interview with the broadcasters.
Ramelow plans to restrict range of motion
In addition to Söder, Saxon Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer of the CDU and Thuringian Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow of the left had previously called for an extension of the blockade for another three weeks until the end of January. Bavaria, Saxony and Thuringia are severely affected by the second wave of infections.
Ramelow even wants to tighten the blockade in Thuringia in view of the high levels of infection. He had proposed to the cabinet to limit people’s range of movement to 15 kilometers around their place of residence, he said. The cabinet wants to decide on Tuesday after the federal-state talks. Ramelow also reacted to the rush to winter sports areas in the Thuringian Forest. The least affected countries initially only want to extend this for two weeks and prefer a new coordination with the Foreign Ministry after two weeks. Also leaving are the heads of government of Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse, Peter Tschentscher (SPD), Stephan Weil (SPD), Reiner Haseloff (CDU), Malu Dreyer (SPD) and Volker Bouffier ( CDU) from the fact that the strict rules must continue to apply. In interviews, however, he did not mention a time lapse.
