In view of the exploding corona numbers, schoolchildren in Bavaria will probably have to wear masks again in class after the autumn break – i.e. from November 8th.
With another Mask requirement in class the Bavarian state government wants to react to the high incidence values. Wearing a protective mask is the fastest and easiest form of protection, emphasizes Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU). Whether the regulation will actually be reintroduced and how long it should apply will not be decided until next week at a special meeting of the Bavarian Cabinet.
Corona rules should be stricter again
A general one Lockdown for the Bavarian population but excludes Söder. Also because the majority of citizens have now been vaccinated. Isolated tightening and stricter controls of the corona measures should still be in place: Access to certain areas of public life should be stricter again. This should serve as a regional readjustment of the so-called hospital traffic light. That means: from the 3G rule could be 3G plus, so the duty to Present a PCR test are valid. If 3G plus is also converted to 2G, only those who have recovered and who have been vaccinated will have access. This change could take effect in regions where clinics are overburdened.
Although the seven-day incidence for Bavaria exceeded the 200 mark for the first time since December 2020, the cabinet had after its most recent session no new measures announced. This should be made up for at the next meeting. That Robert Koch Institute currently reports an incidence value of 208.7 for the Free State (as of October 28, 2021). “The hospitals are increasingly full,” says Söder, especially in the regions in the southeast. The priority must therefore be that Care in the clinics to secure, as well as to allow the face-to-face teaching in the schools to continue.
In view of the increasing number of infections, Bavaria’s districts are calling for a Revision of the pandemic rules in the Free State. “We need a regionalization of the hospital traffic lights. This would make it possible to put the FFP2 mask requirement, contact restrictions and a 3G Plus regulation into effect on site, ”says Christian Bernreiter (CSU), President of the Bavarian District Association. Even if the Bavaria-wide hospital traffic lights Still on green, many counties are on extreme alert. There are already regions in which it has long been dark red because there is no longer a single free intensive care bed available. “The Treatment of Covid patients is much more complex and time-consuming. This has been a burden on our people in the hospitals for months, ”emphasized Bernreiter.
Söder does not want to end the epidemic situation
Söder also hoped for one “Vaccination jerk” and appealed to celebrities to send a stronger signal for vaccination, he said with a view to the debate about the unvaccinated Bayern professional Joshua Kimmich. Söder emphasized that where the vaccination rates are lowest, the incidences are highest. He also advocated considering whether to get one regardless of age Recommend third vaccination should. The Proposal from his party colleague Jens SpahnSöder refuses to let the epidemic situation come to an end because of the high incidences. Because: “What is different than what is happening now is an epidemic situation?” It is also not very expedient to hold out the prospect of March 20 for this. The traffic light parties should talk to the federal states soon: “It would make sense for us to come together as soon as possible between the federal government and the federal states and discuss how this should continue.”
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