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Habeck worried about incidence – “Contact restrictions may be necessary”
Greens leader Robert Habeck on November 11th in the Bundestag
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Greens boss Robert Habeck brings up new restrictions on freedom due to Corona. “Contact restrictions are painful cuts,” he said, “but in view of the dramatic situation, they may be necessary regionally for those who are unmiped.” What Habeck still demands – in the live ticker.
GRünen boss Robert Habeck warns of the current Corona situation and brings restrictions on freedom into conversation. “Contact restrictions are painful cuts, we all know that too well. But given the dramatic situation, they may be necessary regionally for those who have not been vaccinated, ”says Habeck to the newspapers of the Funke media group, according to a preliminary report.
In addition, the countries needed the opportunity to cancel events if the epidemic situation made it necessary. Habeck urged the population to vaccinate. He considers compulsory vaccination to be useful for certain occupational groups.
It is also imperative to establish 3G measures in the workplace. Home office should be used more intensively again. “The situation in Germany is extremely dramatic. If the fourth wave is not broken quickly, the hospital system threatens to collapse in December, ”said Habeck.
Here only in contact with Greens co-leader Annalena Baerbock: Robert Habeck in the Bundestag
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All developments in the live ticker
06:18 a.m. – Armed Forces Commissioner warns of compulsory vaccination in the Bundeswehr
The Armed Forces Commissioner Eva Högl (SPD) warns of compulsory corona vaccination in the Bundeswehr. “A Covid-19 vaccination is already compulsory for soldiers who go into action. It should apply to everyone in the troop so that operational readiness is guaranteed, ”she tells the newspapers of the Funke media group. Accordingly, the Ministry of Defense has not been able to agree with the personnel representatives of the armed forces for months on the inclusion of the corona vaccination in the catalog of so-called tolerable vaccinations and has now started an arbitration procedure. Högl says she hopes that this process will be completed quickly.
3:40 p.m. – Incidence rises to 289.0
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reports 33,498 new positive tests. That is almost 10,000 more cases than on Sunday a week ago, when 23,543 new infections were reported. The seven-day incidence continues to rise to 289.0 from 277.4 the previous day. The value indicates how many people per 100,000 inhabitants have been infected with the corona virus in the past seven days. 55 other people died related to the virus. This increases the number of reported deaths to 97,672 within 24 hours. In total, more than five million corona tests have so far been positive in Germany.
01:05 am – “Never before in the pandemic has we been so worried as it is now”
Medical representatives expect that corona patients will have to be distributed across Germany in the future in order to relieve regions with overcrowded clinics. “The number of corona patients in the intensive care units will rise so much in the coming weeks that a supra-regional, perhaps even Germany-wide transfer will be necessary in some places in order to provide relief in time for particularly affected regions,” says the chairwoman of the Marburger Doctors’ Union Bund, Susanne Johna, the newspapers of the Funke media group .. The doctor’s representative is concerned about the power-political transition phase between the previous and the new government: “The numbers are increasing rapidly and in politics there is a power vacuum between the old and future government, the federal government and the states.” She has never been so worried in the pandemic as she is now, said Johna.
01:00 am – 3G rule required on trains
Because of the acute corona situation, politicians are now calling for the 3G rule to be applied in train traffic. Travelers would then have to be vaccinated, recovered or tested. “Yes, rail travel must also become safer. From my point of view, 3G should apply here, we will have to talk about it, ”said Greens boss Robert Habeck to the newspapers of the Funke media group (Sunday).
The SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach also speaks out in favor. “3G should also apply on trains. In this Corona situation, it is irresponsible that people, unvaccinated and untested, sit close to other passengers for hours in long-distance traffic, “said Lauterbach of” Bild am Sonntag “.
Habeck also considers restrictions on freedom for unvaccinated people to be possible. “Contact restrictions are painful cuts, we all know that too well. But in view of the dramatic situation, they can be necessary regionally for people who are unmiped. The corresponding should be included in the Infection Protection Act. ”He also considers compulsory vaccination for certain professional groups to be sensible.