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- In view of the high number of infections, the closure in Germany will last until March 28.
- However, depending on the infection situation, there should be open options, that has been decided by Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and the state prime ministers.
- A step-by-step opening strategy with a built-in emergency brake was agreed: if individual loosenings lead to a sharp increase in the number of infections in a region, all reliefs that have already been performed are automatically canceled there.
Merkel later said they were on the threshold of a new phase of the pandemic. “Now the task of politics is to take the next steps wisely. There should be steps towards openness and, at the same time, steps that should not push us back in the pandemic. “In Europe there are many examples of a” dramatic third wave, “said the Chancellor.” We must not fool ourselves, this danger it also exists for us. “
There should be steps towards openness and, at the same time, steps that should not push us back in the pandemic.
But Merkel emphasized: “The spring of 2021 will be different from the spring of a year ago.” Today, there are two important partners in the fight against the pandemic: vaccines and expanded testing options.
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The Chancellor made it clear that the vaccination campaign must be accelerated. Free rapid tests, at least one per week for each citizen, must also be carried out from next week. The federal and state governments also expect companies to participate in testing as a contribution to society as a whole.
We beat the second wave and the third wave is rolling.
Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) warned: “We have defeated the second wave and the third is underway.” The danger and the dimension of the third wave depend on each individual. “That’s why we have to be very careful not to go carelessly into the next big shutdown.” That is why they have now decided on “a triad of caution, trust and responsibility.”
Already on March 8, following the resolutions, severely limited private contact options will be relaxed. Then again it will be possible to have private meetings between your own home and another home, but limited to a maximum of five people. Depending on the incidence, the additional rules will be relaxed in the regions.
After the first openings in schools and hairdressers, bookstores, florists and garden centers will follow in a second step. These are already open in the individual federal states; now, according to the resolution of the federal-state round, they will be allocated nationwide to retail for daily needs. The prerequisite is that the hygiene concepts and the customer limit are met.
Criticism of the decisions made by the trade and the Greens
The Retail Trade Association (HDE) was disappointed. The stable incidence of 50 required to open stores is not in sight across the board. The thus largely closed
Retail Businesses Expected to End March Compared to 2019
lose another ten billion euros in sales.
Environmental leader Robert Habeck is also disappointed by the federal and state resolutions. “As a citizen, you feel abandoned,” he says on Deutschlandfunk. “You are relying on hope, but that is not a strategy,” Habeck continued to criticize. It has to be tested first, then there could be openings.
