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Fight against the fourth wave
The federal and state governments want to initiate tougher corona measures
Restricted access to the Christmas market: The proposals discussed by the Bund-Länder-Round include the introduction of extensive contact restrictions, especially for those who have not been vaccinated.
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How can the fourth corona wave be broken? The country bosses are discussing this with Angela Merkel, who is still Chancellor, and her future successor, Olaf Scholz. Follow the events around the MPK in the live blog.
The federal and state governments want to decide today which tools should be used to slow down the coronavirus this winter. To this end, the Prime Ministers are holding a switching conference with the Executive Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and her likely successor Olaf Scholz (SPD).
Both sides agreed on stricter rules on Tuesday in order to get the sharply increasing numbers of infections under control. There are a number of suggestions on the table. They range from an expansion of the 2G rule to retail, through partial regional lockdowns, to mandatory vaccinations. The events surrounding the MPK im star-Liveblog.
Prime Minister: internal conference with Angela Merkel and Olaf Scholz
SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach is calling for an upper limit for football games shortly before the Corona summit. “In my opinion, no game should have more than 5,000 spectators”, Lauterbach tweeted with a view of the controversial Rhenish derby between 1. FC Köln and Borussia Mönchengladbach last weekend in front of 50,000 fans. The corona incidence value in Cologne rose by leaps and bounds on Wednesday. “It was definitely not the game alone. But it contributed. The game should never have been approved like this,” wrote Lauterbach. According to the city of Cologne yesterday, however, there should be no case of infection related to the game.
Health Minister Jens Spahn warned before the start of the MPK restrictions for unvaccinated people. “What is really important is quasi a lockdown for the unvaccinated“said the CDU politician on ZDF. The large number of unvaccinated people is what” poses a challenge to the health system. ” then that is with this too large number of unvaccinated people. “That is why contact restrictions for unvaccinated people are important. The minister also mentioned 2G (i.e. access only for vaccinated and convalescent people) “consistently in almost all areas of life”, the Cancellation or significant reduction of major events as Closures of bars, clubs and discos.
NRW Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst (CDU) also called for consistent decisions from the Bund-Laender Round. “Today in the Prime Minister’s Conference we must not do things by halves, we must resolutely break the fourth wave”said the current MPK chairman of the German Press Agency in Berlin. “To do this, the countries need the tried and tested toolkit for fighting pandemics.” Hotspots such as Saxony and Bavaria are particularly dependent on it. “A thinned out instrument case is not enough”. It is correct, “that politics corrects recognized mistakes – especially when it comes to our health, life and limb,” said Wüst, referring to Olaf Scholz. He is “grateful that he has promised that he would like to improve the Infection Protection Act again noticeably. But that must now be done consistently.”
Before the MPK, several Prime Ministers called for an energetic and uniform approach. “The situation is serious”, said Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig (SPD) the editorial network Germany. “We need clear and uniform rules in Germany. These include, for example, uniform contact restrictions.” Your Rhineland-Palatinate official and party colleague Malu Dreyer told the RND that she was expecting nationwide regulations for the regulation of major events and the rules for retailers. Thuringia’s Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow from the Left emphasized that energetic steps were necessary. “Now is not the time for political back and forth. It is more important that we explain on Thursday conclusively what we want to do. “