With the introduction of 2 G plus: Munich’s innkeepers threaten to close
Monday, January 10, 11.43 a.m .: “Stunned” and “dismayed” say Munich city center hosts about the future tightened 2-G-plus regulation for gastronomy. This was “a catastrophe” for the already badly shaken industry and was more or less like a lockdown, said Gregor Lemke, the chairman of the Munich city center innkeepers’ association. Again, the hosts are the ones to suffer. A quick survey of the 34 members of the association showed that more than half would (have to) lock up with the introduction of 2 G plus – initially limited for a certain period of time.
An opening in January and February, the weakest in terms of sales, “in no way” pays off. It has been proven that restaurants are not the drivers of the infection. “The fact that we have to accept renewed tightening is a shock and for many companies it is unquestionably dying in installments,” said Lemke.
Trautner defends new test rules for the younger generation
Monday, January 10th, 10:05 am: Bavaria’s Minister of Social Affairs Carolina Trautner (CSU) has once again defended the start of the corona tests for crèche and kindergarten children. “I believe that it will really work because the parents are also very interested in ensuring that the safety in the daycare centers is very high,” she told Bayerischer Rundfunk on Monday. Cheating by the parents cannot be ruled out. “But I’m really counting on the parents’ greatest interest in ensuring that their children are looked after in a safe environment.”
Since January 10th, there is no compulsory test in the rooms of the daycare centers in Bavaria, but there is a test verification requirement for the guardians. According to Trautner, testing in day-care centers would be too much for the educational staff. “The children are still very young, they cannot do this reliably on themselves on their own. In this respect, it would not be affordable for the employees.” There are around 10,200 daycare centers across Bavaria. Parents now have to give a credible assurance three times a week that they have tested all children from the age of one with negative results at home themselves.
The tests paid for by the Free State with a certificate of eligibility must generally take place on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. If a child is absent on one of these days, a test must be taken on the day they are taken care of again. The facilities can decide for themselves whether the parents have to bring the test cassette with the negative result as proof of the test or a new form signed each time with the current date.
Incidence in Bavaria continues to rise
Monday, January 10, 6.43 a.m .: The incidence in Bavaria continues to rise: According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), it was 321.8 on Monday, and 295.1 on Sunday. The health authorities in Bavaria reported 5876 new cases to the RKI in the past 24 hours. Ten people died of or with the coronavirus in the same period.
The city of Würzburg has the highest recorded incidence value in Bavaria with 496.2 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in the past seven days. This is followed by the districts of Lindau with 493.4 and Ostallgäu with 492.6. The district of Berchtesgadener Land reports the lowest value with 111.9. According to the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, 511 Covid patients were in intensive care units in Bavaria on Monday morning. 528 intensive care beds are free throughout Bavaria.
Again corona protests and counter demonstrations in Schweinfurt
Sunday, January 9th, 7.43pm: In protest against the Corona measures, numerous people took to the streets in Schweinfurt, Lower Franconia, on Sunday evening. According to a police spokesman, around 600 people were in different groups at the unregistered gathering in the city. A counter demonstration that took place and was registered at the same time with around 200 people at Schillerplatz has so far been peaceful. Previously, a counter demo, which was also registered, took place on the market square with around 100 people.
The city had tightened the rules because of several incidents in previous protests. Unannounced gatherings are only allowed to be stationary in Schweinfurt, i.e. no walks in the strict sense of the word. Around 200 people did not adhere to it on Sunday. You should now expect reports of an administrative offense. On Boxing Day there was an unannounced meeting in Schweinfurt, which resulted in aggression and violence.
Holetschek demands a quick decision on compulsory vaccination
Sunday, January 9th, 1:45 p.m .: Bavaria’s Minister of Health Klaus Holetschek (CSU) calls for a quick decision on compulsory corona vaccination. “We must finally lead this discussion in a concrete and, above all, goal-oriented manner and must not lose any more time,” said the politician Augsburger Allgemeine. In general, he complained about the lack of pace in the fight against the pandemic.
“We have to make important decisions more quickly and then implement them. We will not end the pandemic any faster through procrastination and hesitation,” Holetschek told the newspaper. He is convinced that compulsory vaccination in Germany is the fastest way out of the pandemic. “But we would do well to remain open to discussions about the form in which it would make the most sense.” A time limit is possible, for example to two years. It is also conceivable to introduce compulsory vaccinations only for the particularly endangered age groups.
Bavaria’s FDP leader Martin Hagen expressed understanding for the hesitation of the traffic light coalition. “The vaccination requirement would be an encroachment on the right to one’s own body, which would have to be very well founded,” he told the newspaper. He could imagine that an age-dependent solution would have a majority in the Bundestag.