End of the epidemic situation
Lauterbach: Unvaccinated until March “vaccinated, recovered or unfortunately died”
The key issues paper of the traffic light parties will “do justice to the fight against the corona pandemic,” said SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach (archive image)
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SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach supports the plans of the traffic light parties to fight the pandemic. However, he is skeptical about the end date of all measures planned for March.
SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach has welcomed the plans of the SPD, Greens and FDP for an end to the statutory corona special situation. “The key issues paper does justice to the fight against the corona pandemic. It is a good compromise between further possible measures for the countries and a rejection of hard cuts such as lockdowns or curfews,” said Lauterbach of the “Rheinische Post”. “Nobody needs a lockdown or school closings anymore.”
However, he was reluctant to comment on the end date of the measures planned by the traffic light parties. In spring, however, it will first have to be shown whether all Corona measures can really fall from March 21st. “That also depends on whether virus variants will still appear.”
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Hospitals “run towards excessive demands”
Lauterbach again emphasized the importance of vaccinations. “It is clear, however, that most of the unvaccinated people from today until then have either been vaccinated, recovered or unfortunately died, because the infection process with severe courses primarily affects those who refused to be vaccinated,” said the SPD politician. that the situation in the hospitals has been worsening for around two weeks. “We are slowly approaching the overwhelming demand.” More vaccinations “could have prevented such a situation,” he said. In Germany, however, “a significantly worse vaccination campaign than many other parts of Europe “given.
The special legal situation due to the corona pandemic should end on November 25, according to plans by the possible future government partners SPD, Greens and FDP. For a transitional period in March, however, a new legal basis for Corona requirements is to be created instead, as the three parliamentary groups announced on Wednesday.
This includes the mask requirement, the 3-G and 2-G rules and distance requirements. According to the will of the SPD, Greens and FDP, the corresponding transitional regulation is to be decided by the Bundestag and Bundesrat in November.