The latest on the crisis in the crown: “The Federal Council has destroyed many dishes” – News

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• 8:05

  Start easing: this changes in Austria starting today

  Starting today, visits to nursing homes in Austria are restricted. In addition, regular classes start again for around 100,000 students in the final grades of the Alpine Republic. Under the government’s step-by-step plan, elementary schools and lower grades will be ready in mid-May; all others will follow in early June. In the country, all stores and almost all service providers are now open again. The restaurants will continue on May 15 and the hotels at the end of May. However, hygiene rules still apply, such as a minimum distance of one meter and the use of mouth protection in stores and public transportation.

• 7:52

  The most important facts about the start of the extraordinary session.

  Politice with a distance of two meters: the special session of the crown of the Federal Councils begins today in Bern. The most important thing in summary:

• 7:39

  How Moscow disinfects

  Four thousand five hundred teams with more than 70,000 employees spray large areas of outer and inner space in the Russian capital.

• 7:18

  More than 100,000 infected people in Brazil

  As announced by the Ministry of Health, the amount of crown infected on Sunday was 101,147. At least 7025 people have died from the virus so far.

  The unreported number of infected people is likely to be much higher, not least due to a lack of testing and laboratory results that have not yet been evaluated. However, Brazil is the most populous country in Latin America with more than 200 million inhabitants.

  Given the increasing number of infections and mismanagement, hospitals and cemeteries in various cities and states have reached their limits, and the system has collapsed.

  President Jair Bolsonaro played down the crown virus, disliked public restrictions, and called for a return to normality. In the dispute over the handling of the virus, he fired Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta, who had advocated a strict line. Bolsonaro repeatedly ignores the distance recommendations themselves.

  

• 7:10

  Italians can return to sports

  After almost two long months, Italy eased curfews, which were among the strictest in Europe. As of today, about 60 million people can go out for sports or walking for the first time. Industry and construction start production again. However, most stores remain closed. Restaurants and bars can only offer a delivery or takeaway service and are closed for visits until June. The government of Rome had quarantined people across the country on March 10, and then closed non-vital production.

  

• 6:43

  Stöckli: “The Federal Councilor has become impulsive”

  The President of the Council of States, Hans Stöckli, criticized the Federal Council for its decisions in the flexibilization phase. With its micromanagement, the committee has become boosted, the Bern SP politician told “CH Media newspapers”.

  The Federal Council assumed its responsibility and brought the common interest to the fore. However, the Federal Council was lost in the easing phase at the micro-management level, Stöckli said.

  “Then he got caught up in contradictions: big dealers could sell books, bookstores couldn’t; grandparents are allowed to have grandchildren, not be on guard; museums open May 11, zoos only June 8,” Such details could not be handled by a strategic management body like the state government under this time pressure, the politician explained.

  “Now the Federal Council has destroyed many dishes,” stressed the President of the Council of States. Stöckli went on to say that he should have decided detailed questions in close consultation with those affected, based on understandable criteria.

  However, the president of the Council of States Stöckli already sees room for improvement after the coronavirus crisis. Switzerland must find a regulation that allows parliamentary control of the decision of the Federal Council to accept an extraordinary situation, Stöckli told “CH-Media”.

  

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