In a German district, relaxation is postponed due to an increase in the number of infected people

In a district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Kreis Coesfeld, the relaxation scheduled for Monday was postponed a week after several employees of one of the local slaughterhouses were identified with the coronavirus. A total of 151 of the 1,200 workers were infected.

Provincial Health Minister Karl-Josef Laumann has announced that the slaughterhouse will be closed and all employees will be evaluated. And the easing should be postponed because this number has already exceeded the limit agreed between the federal government and the provinces in a single projection. the
According to the emergency mechanism, if the number of people registered in a district or city per 100,000 inhabitants increases above 50 in the last seven days, the restrictions must be reintroduced in that area.

Ursula Heinen-Esser, the province’s agriculture minister, said meat plants have become focal points across the country, so the provincial government is evaluating all of its workers. Incidentally, this was also done in the province of Schleswig-Holstein and was already under consideration in Lower Saxony. (Handelsblatt)