The Free State is facing even more tightening

• Bund-Lnder Summit has Corona measures tightened
• How are the resolutions in Bavaria implemented?
• Markus Sder commented live at the press conference on even more tightening in Bavaria

Due to the critical Corona situation in the German clinics, the regional leaders, the Executive Chancellor Angela Merkel and her possible successor Olaf Scholz again discussed nationwide Corona measures on Thursday (December 2, 2021). You can read about what was decided at the federal level here. But what about Bavaria in particular?

Sder announces Corona plans: This is how the nationwide resolutions will be implemented in Bavaria

Following the talks, Prime Minister Markus Sder made a statement, how the Free State will implement the resolutions. Sder emphasized that the incidence in Bavaria, in contrast to other federal states, has already fallen. The situation in the clinics is still serious, which is why the resolutions from the federal-state meeting are being implemented in this way.

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According to the Prime Minister, this will not change much in Bavaria. The Bavarian cabinet wants to scrutinize one point at the Friday meeting. Here are the changes at a glance:

• Contact restrictions for unvaccinated people are tightened: Meetings in private or public spaces are limited to your own household and two other people. But this does not only apply to unvaccinated people. As soon as a person who has neither been vaccinated nor recovered is present, the rule applies to everyone present. Children under the age of 14 are exempt from the restriction.
• 2G in retail: Only those who have been vaccinated or have recovered are allowed into shops, with the exception of everyday shops such as supermarkets. The dealers should check the relevant evidence themselves.
• Private celebrations: Collaborations between those who have been vaccinated and those who have recovered are also restricted. Private celebrations are in “high-traffic areas” maximum 50 people permitted. The Free State takes this upper limit from the federal-state resolutions. According to these, the rule applies in regions with an incidence greater than 350; finds a celebration outdoors instead, wren maximum 200 people permitted.
• Ghost games: When playing football in the Free State are no spectators more allowed. The Bavarian cabinet wants to implement the new rule for the coming weekend (December 4th and 5th, 2021).
• New Year’s Eve: There should be a nationwide ban on the sale of fireworks. In addition, the municipalities are to order bans on blaring in public or particularly popular places. Assembly bans are also possible.
• Extension of the measures: The Infection Protection Act will be adjusted again, so that the current measures will also be possible beyond December 15. Sder has announced that the previous rules in Bavaria will then likely be extended – but not tightened again.

Live update from December 2nd, 2021: Sder gives press conference after Bund-Lnder summit – what is changing in Bavaria?

You can read the most important details from the press conference with Markus Sder here in our news ticker

++ 3:31 p.m.: The press conference is officially over.

++ 3:30 p.m .: Sder is not convinced that the necessary vaccination quota for herd immunity can be achieved without compulsory vaccination, even if a dead vaccine is approved in Germany. “Then in six months or nine months we will be faced with exactly the same situation,” which is why he is glad that the decision to make vaccination compulsory was supported by so many.

++ 3:26 p.m.: According to Sder, the goal is to get so far that it is a little more relaxed at Christmas. Presumably, as a result of the new planned Infection Protection Act, no tightening will be necessary from December 15, but only the previous measures will be extended.

++ 3:22 p.m.: The schools should be kept open for the time being. It should be observed in Bavaria how the number of infections continues to develop. Testing should continue and masking requirements apply, However, the Christmas holidays should not be brought forward for the time being.

++ 3:18 p.m.: Sder makes it clear: The rules for cultural events in Bavaria remain in place: 2G-Plus and only 25 percent occupancy. The upper limit of 50 people only applies to private gatherings among vaccinated people in Corona hotspots. As soon as an unvaccinated person is present, however, the contact restrictions for unvaccinated people apply to everyone: a maximum of one household and two other people are allowed.

++ 3.16 p.m.: Sder defends his statement again that he is open to compulsory vaccination for children. The incidences among children are particularly high and vaccinations are easy to implement in schools.

++ 3.15 p.m.: When asked, Sder makes it clear that the ghost games should be implemented as early as next weekend. The big problem with Bundesliga games is that fans come from all over the country and there is a lot of travel and encounters.

++ 3:11 p.m .: “I know it’s annoying, it complains, but it also worries”, Sder addresses the citizens at the end. “The division in society can only be overcome if we largely defeat Corona – and that is only possible with compulsory vaccinations, for example.”

++ 3:08 p.m .: “At the moment, my biggest thanks go to the Bavarian population. We can feel that the willingness to participate has increased significantly,” said Sder. He also thanked them on behalf of the nursing staff. The cabinet will also discuss how the situation for nursing staff in the Free State can be improved on Friday. He gave the “firm promise that we urgently need a care reform.”

++ 3:05 p.m.: The Bavarian cabinet will meet on Friday and implement the resolutions of the Corona summit. The situation at schools and daycare centers should also be discussed. According to Sder, the proposal from Bavaria was a mask requirement and compulsory test at all German schools introduced, also implemented in today’s meeting.

++ 3:04 p.m.: There should be further financial aid, for example for showmen at Christmas markets or the operators of discos.

++ 3:02 p.m.: On New Year’s Eve, the municipalities should Bans on gatherings and bans on fireworks in public places arrange. There will also be a ban on the sale of pyrotechnics.

++ 3 p.m .: “A downer” according to Sder is that there was no nationwide agreement for football games. Bavaria wants to prescribe ghost games again on Friday, starting next weekend. It would be a “system break” to allow spectators to continue to attend large sporting events, but to cancel Christmas markets, for example.

++ 2:59 p.m .: A compulsory vaccination is to be introduced. Sder endorses this decision, the ethics council will be discussed on the exact implementation.

++ 2:59 p.m.: The vaccination capacities in Bavaria are being expanded, and pharmacists should also be able to vaccinate in the future.

++ 2:58 p.m .: 2G also applies to retail outlets with immediate effect.

++ 2:57 p.m.: We advise against meeting in particularly polluted regions. For private celebrations, the following applies to vaccinated persons: a maximum of 50 people indoors.

++ 2:56 p.m .: Stricter contact restrictions for unvaccinated people: a maximum of one household and two other people – whenever an unvaccinated person is present.

++ 2:55 p.m.: With the amended Infection Protection Act, the previous measures can be extended beyond December 15, and stricter rules can also be applied.

++ 2:54 p.m.: According to Sder, the resolutions of the Bund-Lnder summit would not change much in Bavaria.

++ 2:52 p.m.: Sder opens the press conference. The incidences in Bavaria have already fallen, but the numbers are still far too high.