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Is the Corona Bonus for Nurses Coming Today? Prime Minister Söder informs at a press conference

2020-04-07T06:27:46.959Z


The Bavarian cabinet meets on Tuesday (April 7) - via video. The Corona bonus for caregivers is also an issue. Markus Söder informed at a press conference.


The Bavarian cabinet meets on Tuesday (April 7) - via video. The Corona bonus for caregivers is also an issue. Markus Söder informed at a press conference.

  • The corona virus * is another topic in the Bavarian government.
  • On Tuesday (April 7th) the corona premium for nurses will be discussed in the cabinet.
  • Prime Minister Markus Söder then informed at a press conference.
  • Here you will find our guide to reporting and the Corona News from Germany. You can also find current numbers of cases in Bavaria as a map. The following recommendations for corona protective measures are currently available.

In Bavaria, 25,355 people tested positive for the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus . This was announced by the State Office for Health and Food Safety in Erlangen on Monday (as of April 6, 10 a.m.) on its website. To date, 444 patients infected with the coronavirus have died.

Corona virus in Bavaria: Bavarian cabinet meets via video

Now the Bavarian cabinet is meeting again - for the first time, the weekly meeting on Tuesday (April 7) will take place at 10 a.m. via video . Many ministers and state secretaries will not be present in person, but will be switched on. It is already common practice for the state government's disaster management team .

Nevertheless, Prime Minister Markus Söder and State Chancellor Florian Herrmann, Minister of Health Melanie Huml (all CSU) and Minister of Economics Hubert Aiwanger (Free Voters) are likely to be in the State Chancellery, since they will also hold a joint press conference afterwards. This should start around 1 p.m.

Bavarian cabinet meets: Corona bonus for nurses to be decided

In order to avoid possible contagion among the ministers and state secretaries, the meetings had already taken place in the large dome hall of the state chancellery in recent weeks.

In terms of content, the session is dominated by the Corona crisis , as in the past few weeks. Among other things, the - initially one-off - 500 euro corona bonus announced by Söder for all nursing staff in Bavaria is to be decided.

Corona virus in Bavaria: Ministers discuss current developments

In addition, the ministers will be advised on the current developments in new infections and will consider how the spread can be further restricted.

The tax-free bonus payment should be paid to those concerned as soon as possible - i.e. all nursing staff in hospitals, rehabilitation clinics, homes for the elderly, nursing homes and disabled people. The cost for the 252,000 employees is 126 million euros.

Corona virus in Bavaria: Nurseries should also be helped

According to Aiwanger, the difficult situation of Bavaria's nurseries should also be an issue. "The aim is that these companies can also submit applications and we can help them," he told Augsburger Allgemeine (Monday). Due to the initial restrictions, nurseries are currently not allowed to open to customers.

* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network

with dpa

Source: merkur

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