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Restrictions on the second wave of the coronavirus epidemic in Bavaria will be further tightened, the German provincial government announced in Munich on Sunday after an extraordinary meeting. Provincial Prime Minister Markus Söder stressed that the restrictions introduced in early November had failed to regain control of the spread of the new type of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and that the burden on the health system was increasing. The seriousness of the situation is demonstrated by the fact that the epidemic is claiming a death toll every twenty minutes in Bavaria. Therefore, from December 9 to January 5, restrictions to reduce human exposure to infectious substances will be further tightened.
The new main rule is that everyone can leave home only when they need it most, for example, to work, go shopping, exercise. In the most severe districts, where the number of infected per 100,000 registered inhabitants in the previous seven days exceeds 200, there is a stricter curfew from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m., only for urgent reasons, such as visiting a dying relative.
The economy will be maintained, retail and services will be able to operate as before, so most stores will be able to serve customers with unchanged opening hours, but compliance with infection control regulations will be more strictly controlled. and the consumption of alcohol in public places will be banned throughout the province, said the provincial prime minister. .
The holidays planned for the holidays will also change, so it will not be possible from December 23 to 31, but only from December 23 to 26, that ten people from two households, excluding children under 14, can be together instead of five.
Among other things, it was decided to declare a state of emergency from December 9 to better coordinate the work of the authorities, said Markus Söder.
According to the Robert Koch National Public Health Institute (RKI), Bavaria, with a population of 13.1 million, is one of the most severely infected provinces. The seven-day incidence (infection rate), the number of people infected per 100,000 inhabitants recorded in the previous seven days, was 175 on Sunday, making Bavaria the third of the 16 provinces, after Saxony ( 301) and Berlin (182).
Nearly 230,000 SARS-CoV-2 infections have already been detected in the province, which is also in dire straits with Austria and the Czech Republic, with a death toll approaching 4,300.
In Germany as a whole, 17,767 infections have been recorded in the last 24 hours. This is a generous 10 percent increase from 15,741 the previous week, indicating that the epidemic is not subsiding yet. 255 deaths in one day were reported in association with the SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) disease. Along with the new cases, 1,171,322 infections were detected by virus tests and the number of deaths in the epidemic rose to 18,772 in Germany.
The number of people in need of intensive care from Covid-19 rose from 54 to 4,108 in one day, according to a summary by the professional organization for intensive care and accident care (DIVI) on Sunday. 60 percent (2,457 patients) require mechanical ventilation. According to the DIVI report, 27,178 intensive care beds are operated nationwide, of which 5,539 are free. (MTI)
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