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Coronavirus in Lower Saxony: Easter visits from family and close friends allowed

2020-04-08T21:03:36.673Z


The corona virus continues to spread in Lower Saxony, the number of infected people in nursing facilities continues to increase. At Easter there are loose corona rules. All information in the news ticker.


The corona virus continues to spread in Lower Saxony, the number of infected people in nursing facilities continues to increase. At Easter there are loose corona rules. All information in the news ticker.

  • The corona virus continues to spread in Germany.
  • In Lower Saxony , his corona rules relaxed at Easter.
  • Here you will find the basic facts about the corona virus. You can also find current case numbers in Germany as a map. The following recommendations for corona protective measures are currently available. Here you will find an overview of developments in Germany.

Corona virus in Lower Saxony - New corona rules about Easter

Update April 8, 11:10 a.m .: Lower Saxony relaxes the corona rules at Easter, reports Bild . According to criticism from the Ministry of Social Affairs, there should be more freedom for meetings in private apartments.

"Visits in stripped-down form for the holidays are certainly permitted," says Claudia Schröder from the Corona crisis team opposite the picture . It is also important to reduce contact with other people outside the family in one's own household to an absolutely necessary minimum, says Minister of Health Dr. Carola Reimann in a statement on the planned "revision of the regulation on the limitation of social contacts to contain the corona pandemic". The new Corona rules will apply from Wednesday (April 8th):

  • For contacts in your own apartment and on your own property, the circle of people meeting there should be as small and constant as possible. Then the statement reads: “However, the conceivable constellations are extremely different. Some meet with their children who have already moved out, others with their partners who live separately, others with only a close friend. All of this should remain possible in Lower Saxony in the future. "

  • Parties in the apartment or on your own property are of course expressly prohibited .
  • Weddings and funerals are the only exceptions: They can be celebrated in the closest family and friends. In both cases, the maximum limit is ten participants.

  • Car washes are open again, flower shops are allowed to open under certain conditions. The DIY store and garden center are open again because regular "DIY store" tourism has developed in the neighboring countries of Bremen and North Rhine-Westphalia.
  • Visits to homes are permitted in certain cases. Like saying goodbye to the dying is possible at home and in institutions after consultation.

The State of Lower Saxony has put together more questions and answers on its website.

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The Lower Saxony Ministry of Health reports that there are 6444 laboratory-confirmed corona cases in Lower Saxony (as of April 7, 4 p.m.). 124 people have died from a coronavirus infection.

Coronavirus in Lower Saxony: After 29 deaths - notification against nursing home in Wolfsburg

Update April 7, 5:08 p.m .: In view of the fact that coronavirus cases are currently spreading increasingly in old people's homes and nursing homes and often have particularly serious consequences, a resident in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, recently acted very negligent, albeit humanly understandable. As the police said on Tuesday, the 101-year-old lady sneaked out of a local retirement home to congratulate her daughter on her birthday. According to the police, she took the emergency exit for this.

The woman initially denied to the officials that she lived in the nearby retirement home. But in conversation with the daughter it turned out that the elderly woman has been living there for two weeks, but painfully misses her daughter . At least from the patrol car, the older lady could see her daughter briefly before they brought the police back to the home.

Coronavirus in Lower Saxony: Number of people recovered exceeds new infections

In addition to this sad news, there is also good Corona news from Lower Saxony: For example , the number of people who recovered there exceeded the number of new infections for the first time on Tuesday . Since Monday there have been 141 new infections and 221 new people recovering, the deputy head of the crisis team Claudia Schröder said in Hanover. Hanover's Mayor Belit Onay is now one of those recovering from a corona infection. He has survived his Covid 19 illness and is now allowed to carry out the official business again from the town hall. As the state capital announced on Tuesday, the quarantine for the Green politician and the heads of department who had contact with him has ended.

Update, April 7, 2:30 p.m .: The government of Lower Saxony reports the current number of infected people. As of April 7th (1 p.m.), 6359 people are currently infected with the coronavirus. This is an increase of 141 compared to the previous day. There are now 122 people in Lower Saxony who have died as a result of the virus.

In the meantime, charges were apparently filed against the Hanns-Lilje nursing home in Wolfsburg . In the home, half of the residents were infected with the virus. The prosecutor is now investigating for negligent homicide.

Coronavirus in Lower Saxony: Further deaths in severely affected nursing home

Update, April 7, 10 a.m .: The nursing home Hanns-Lilje, which is severely affected by the corona virus, reports further deaths. On Monday April 6, the city of Wolfsburg announced that the death of two men aged 76 and 89 was related to the virus. A total of 29 people have died there as a result of Covid-19 .

In the meantime, the Hanns-Lilje-Heim has set up a hotline . In this way, residents can be in contact with their relatives again. The head diakonia of the home reported that the hotline was already busy.

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The nursing home in Wildeshausen, Lower Saxony, also hit the corona virus.

© dpa / Sina Schuldt

Coronavirus in Lower Saxony: President of the Medical Association calls for more corona tests

Meanwhile, the president of the Lower Saxony Medical Association, Martina Wenker, called for an increase in corona tests for medical personnel. On Monday (April 6), she told the Evangelical Press Service in Hanover that it was "extremely dangerous" if "insufficient testing capacity in many clinics and nursing homes means that there is insufficient clarity about who is infected".

An up-to- date analysis was necessary, since there is no clarity due to a presumably high number of unreported infections. Otherwise, the uncontrolled spread of the infection, such as in Wolfsburg, in Hanns-Lilje-Heim, could threaten, the expert said.

Coronavirus in Lower Saxony: Data protection officer gives opinion

Update, April 6, 2:44 p.m .: Uta Schöneberg, head of the legal department for the police in the Ministry of the Interior, gave a press conference on allegations by data protection officers. The police control centers have been receiving since 31.3. in Lower Saxony information about who is under quarantine - this is for the self-protection of the officials, for example if there are assignments in an apartment.

Furthermore, no early decision is possible as to whether the schools could reopen after the holidays or not, said Heiger Scholz , head of the crisis team . Lower Saxony does not want to go it alone, but will wait for talks with the Chancellor. The fact that DIY superstores and garden centers had reopened at the weekend had been well received by the population - but there had been no significant violations of distance rules.

However, the first details of new protective measures are said to have leaked - meanwhile, a scientist calculated various scenarios, with a conclusion that has it all.

Coronavirus Lower Saxony - increase in deaths

In Lower Saxony, 108 people have died after a corona infection. There are 6,218 confirmed Covid-19 cases (as of April 6, 1:00 p.m.).

Update, April 4, 10:10 p.m .: According to the Ministry of Health of Lower Saxony, the number of confirmed coronavirus infections increased by 309 cases within a day to a total of 5,764. A further 17 people have died as a result of a corona infection . The number of deaths rose to a total of 89.

Update, April 4, 11:45 a.m .: Exit restrictions have no effect: In Lower Saxony, the measures taken nationwide to stop the spread of corona have so far not shown the expected success . The desired decline in the number of infected people has so far not materialized. "Unfortunately, we don't see any reduction in the increases," said Carola Reimann, Minister of Health for Lower Saxony. According to the German Press Agency , the number of confirmed corona cases in Lower Saxony increased from Thursday (April 2nd, 2020) to Friday (April 3rd, 2020) to around 5500 . That was almost 400 more infected than the day before.

Reimann therefore warned against raising false hopes that one could quickly return to the old life before Corona. In view of the upcoming Easter festival, this will be a tough change for many people. "We will all have to change our Easter habits, and we will have to celebrate a new Easter," the Minister of Health calls for a rethinking in solidarity.

Lower Saxony's Interior Minister Boris Pistorius also called for discipline again and supported the decision to ban the worship service during the Corona crisis. "I am aware that this affects many people hard, especially at Easter." Everyone is sorry, but is currently necessary, says Pistorius. Since a particularly large number of people from the risk group are among the churchgoers because of the higher average age, the risk of infection would be disproportionately high during long church services.

Meanwhile, there are doubts about the RKI deaths related to the coronavirus. Are there actually fewer deaths in Germany?

Meanwhile, the number of Covid 19 deaths in North Rhine-Westphalia is increasing. A virologist issued an urgent warning.

Coronavirus in Lower Saxony: death toll in Wolfsburg climbs to 27 - another nursing home affected

Update, April 3, 7:55 p.m .: Tragic news from the Hanns-Lilje home of the Diakonie in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, which was severely affected by the coronavirus * : Four further deaths related to the coronavirus were reported on Friday. The deceased are three men aged 77, 80 and 82 and an 87-year-old woman. The number of deaths at Hanns-Lilje-Heim rose to 27 .

The home for dementia sufferers was the victim of a massive outbreak of the novel virus in March. Around half of the 165 patients were infected, which resulted in a strict separation. However, some infected people would be on the mend again. The Wolfsburg home is one of the most severely affected care facilities in Germany. Austria already has it, the obligation to wear a mask. But does it also come in Germany? *

Coronavirus in Wildeshausen (Lower Saxony): Public prosecutor's office investigates nursing home operators

Update, April 3, 4:05 pm: After a massive corona outbreak, the public prosecutor's office in Oldenburg and the Delmenhorst police are investigating the operators of the Wildeshaus senior residence "Atrium am Wall" . The district of Oldenburg announced on Friday that it was suspected of violating the regulations of the Infection Protection Act and possible other crimes.

In the home, well over half of the residents tested positive for Sars-CoV-2. Nurses were also tested positive. On Wednesday, the district of Oldenburg in Lower Saxony ordered the evacuation of 14 healthy residents from the home.

Two 89-year-old men have died from the home from or with the virus since last week. According to media reports, the facility manager has now been dismissed by the management. A statement by the management of the senior residence was not available on Friday.

Coronavirus in Wolfsburg (Lower Saxony): Lawyer files criminal charges against operators

Update, April 2, 6:20 am: After 22 patients died in a nursing home in Wolfsburg after a coronavirus infection ( see below ), a lawyer has now filed criminal charges against the operator for "negligent homicide". Focus Online reported.

The lawyer is now taking action against the Wolfburger Diakonie, which operates the Hanns-Lilje-Heim concerned . There are apparently serious allegations: the nurses have been instructed to wash the residents only once a month since the beginning of the corona epidemic. The nursing staff also had no mouth protection - so as not to "scare" the residents, the focus continues. The employees were not tested for the corona virus. The lawyer filed the criminal complaint on his own initiative.

According to this, employees of the old people's home should have approached him independently. However, he was unable to identify the informants. Based on his experience, however, he is able to assess the people as credible, the Focus quotes the lawyer. The public prosecutor is surprised by this statement. The fact that the lawyer made the announcement on his own initiative made her look very serious. It was said that he could not identify the informants , it was said because the lawyer had not disclosed this fact in his ad.

Coronavirus in Wolfsburg (Lower Saxony): Nursing home welcomes patients again

Update 8:34 p.m .: The Wolfsburg Clinic welcomes patients again. The hospital had suspended admission due to a coronavirus infection. Almost all 200 test results were available. 32 employees were tested positive for the corona virus and in home quarantine.

Coronavirus in Wolfsburg (Lower Saxony) - 22 victims in nursing home

Update, 3:02 pm: After 18 deaths from the corona virus had already been reported in Hanns-Lilje-Heim in Wolfsburg by Tuesday , the number of deaths has increased by another four deceased people in the past 24 hours. This was confirmed by a spokeswoman for the Diakonie Wolfsburg on Wednesday. This increases the death toll in the Wolfsburg nursing home to a total of 22 people.

The Diakonie runs the home. But there is also good news at the same time: Four residents are on the mend. "They actually seem to make it." How many infected people live in the home, the spokeswoman could not say at first. On Monday , Wolfsburg's mayor Klaus Dieter Mohrs (SPD) spoke of a total of 79 people who tested positive.

Current case numbers confirmed by the Health Department: #Wolfsburg continues to record 19 deaths infected with the #Corona virus. There were no deaths compared to the previous day. There are currently 184 positive test results. All ℹ️➡️ https://t.co/lQ0Wmnoki8 pic.twitter.com/YaDNyq9ZXC

- Stadt.Wolfsburg (@Stadt_Wolfsburg) April 1, 2020

Coronavirus in Lower Saxony: Over 40 dead - Volkswagen plants stay longer

Update from April 1, 11:53 am: The number of people infected with Covid-19 nationwide continues to increase, and the number of cases in Lower Saxony is increasing day by day. According to official information from the Robert Koch Institute, 4,382 people have officially contracted the virus in Lower Saxony, 42 people have died as a result.

Could a mask requirement help contain the corona virus ? As several media reports unanimously, Lower Saxony's Minister of Health Carola Reimann rejects such an obligation to wear a mask. According to this, protective masks are scarce resources that should primarily be reserved for doctors and nurses.

Meanwhile, as News38 reports, doctors at the Hannover Medical School are now to approach the healing of sick people with their own treatment idea. According to this, Corona patients who are already cured should report to the university. Hundreds of people are said to have already complied with this call. The blood plasma of the cured patients could be administered to high-risk patients.

As the portal continues to report, research should be carried out to determine whether the antibodies could dock onto the virus bodies . Risk patients should thus be prevented from having a severe course with the disease .

Corona virus in Lower Saxony: closure of Volkswagen plants extended

Update of March 31, 9:27 p.m .: Due to the corona pandemic , the Wolfsburg-based carmaker Volkswagen is extending the closure of its core brand plants in Germany by another ten days. Instead of until April 9, as planned, production will now be suspended until April 19 , the company said on Tuesday. The interruptions had already been extended before.

VW has reported short-time work for tens of thousands of employees. The Braunschweiger Zeitung had previously reported on plans to extend the plant closings. The carmaker - like many other companies in the industry - is suffering from falling demand and broken supply chains. When restarting production, stricter hygiene standards are also to be implemented.

Coronavirus in Lower Saxony: Another Covid 19 death in Wolfsburg nursing home

Update at 4:46 p.m .: In the Wolfsburg nursing home , where 17 people have already died from a coronavirus infection , there is now another Covid 19 death . According to Diakonie Wolfsburg, 74 of the 145 residents in the facility for people with dementia have become infected.

The series of deaths began in the home on March 23 , reports Bild.de. Last two deaths were reported on Monday. Now, the home's announcement today says that at least four of the infected residents are experiencing a decrease in symptoms.

After the Wolfsburg Clinic also imposed a temporary admission stop on Sunday evening due to coronavirus infections in the workforce , it is now accepting patients again . "I can say that we have been putting the clinic back into operation since midday this afternoon," announced Wolfsburg's Mayor Klaus Mohrs (SPD) on Tuesday. 90 percent of the test results were available.

Corona in Lower Saxony: 32 employees in Wolfsburg clinic infected with Covid-19

Accordingly, 32 employees tested positive for the corona virus . Around a third of these are in the medical service, around two thirds are nurses and a few are in administration. This was announced by Bernadett Erdmann, head of the central emergency department of the Wolfsburg Clinic.

The workers infected with Covid-19 were quarantined at home but showed no symptoms. The hospital had a total of around 2,000 employees, of whom around 200 were tested because they were considered to be contact persons for two people infected with coronavirus. An infection with Covid-19 was also found in two patients who actually came to the clinic with other diseases.

First report from March 31, 2020:

Wolfsburg - The corona virus is spreading more and more in Germany , most people who tested positive for Covid-19 were officially reported from Bavaria and North Rhine-Westphalia . The youngest fatality in Germany is 28 years old. Several nursing homes are now affected in Lower Saxony.

Corona in Lower Saxony: Facility in Gadenstedt affected

In a facility in Gadenstedt near Peine , 13 of the approximately 90 residents and three employees contracted the pathogen, as a spokesman for the district told the “Peiner Allgemeine Zeitung”. Further tests are planned there. Twelve of those infected were cared for in isolation, and an affected person had been taken to hospital for treatment.

Corona in Lower Saxony: 19 people die from nursing homes

In other homes in Lower Saxony , deaths related to Covid 19 diseases had already occurred. In Wolfsburg , 17 people died after a coronavirus infection, and there are also two deaths in a care facility in Wildeshausen.

For this reason, the state of Lower Saxony has ordered an admission freeze for nursing homes . The only exceptions are if a 14-day quarantine is secured for new residents .

Corona in Lower Saxony: Clinic in Wolfsburg affected

After the corona infection of several employees at the Wolfsburg Clinic , only a small number of the new tests have so far been positive. The city of Wolfsburg announced on Monday evening that around half of the samples from patients and other contact persons of the originally 14 clinically tested employees had been examined since Sunday. "Only a small part is positive," says the message.

The remaining results are expected for Tuesday . "Until the pending test results are available, no final decision can be made as to how operations can continue," the city said.

In Berlin, the number of cases continues to rise, while the police monitor compliance with the ban on contact.

* Merkur.de and hna.de are part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.

List of rubric lists: © dpa / Ulrich Perrey

Source: merkur

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