Coronavirus: Baden-Württemberg is looking forward to Thursday. Then it's about new measures, easing and rules in the country. Kretschmann demands tests for everyone.
- On Thursday, 30 April talks Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann with Chancellor Angela Merke l in the scheduled conference call on new measures in the corona crisis.
- Baden-Württemberg is one of the federal states with the highest registered number of infections in Germany.
- Kretschmann will likely ask the Chancellor to expand the corona tests nationwide.
- Here you will find the basic facts about the corona virus * and the corona news from Germany *. You can also find current case numbers in Germany here as a map *. The following recommendations for corona protective measures * are currently available. The most important thing about the topic is also on our brand new Facebook page Corona News. Become a fan now.
Update of April 28, 9.30 p.m .: Measured against the registered corona cases, as of Tuesday evening, there are still only two federal states ahead of Baden-Württemberg (31,400): Bavaria (41,800) and North Rhine-Westphalia (32,100).
According to surveys by the dpa , more people with coronavirus died in Bavaria only - at least 1708 people. So far, there have been at least 1307 corona deaths in Baden-Württemberg and 1171 in NRW.
Corona in Baden-Württemberg: Tübingen Mayor Boris Palmer apologizes
Update of April 28, 8:30 p.m .: Tübingen's Mayor Boris Palmer has once again polarized with sharp statements. This time it was about the coronavirus pandmia , and his thesis that most corona deaths would have died soon anyway because of their pre-existing conditions.
The Green Party politician apologized for this on Tuesday evening. "I would never deny older or sick people the right to live," said the 47-year-old dpa . If he "expressed himself misleadingly or briskly", he was sorry.
Update of April 28, 7:30 p.m .: Antibody tests are a great hope in the fight against the corona virus. But now US researchers are warning of false results.
Corona virus in BaWü: Boris Palmer polarized with statements about corona deaths
Update from April 28, 6.30 p.m .: Drastic words in the coronavirus crisis from Baden-Württemberg .
The Mayor of Tübingen, Boris Palmer, has vehemently called for the corona measures to be relaxed - and thereby polarized.
"I'll tell you very brutally: We may save people in Germany who would be dead in six months anyway," said the Greens politician on Sat.1 breakfast television.
Mayor of Tübingen: Boris Palmer.
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According to Palmer , mainly people with previous illnesses would die from Covid-19 who would not have had to live long anyway. The economic consequences of the lockdown, according to Palmer, would be much more serious.
Update from April 28, 4.15 p.m .: Positive update also from the Rhine-Neckar region.
As reported by the news portal heidelberg24 this Tuesday, there were only two registered new infections with the insidious corona virus within 24 hours .
The number of people infected with Covid-19 rose to 875, but 735 of them are considered recovered. The report says there have been 29 corona deaths across the region.
Corona in Baden-Württemberg: Stuttgart health chief praises - and admonishes
Update of April 28, 4 p.m .: A report by the head of the city's health department has given an insight into the corona situation in the state capital of Baden-Württemberg.
Stefan Ehehalt announced good news. According to the Stuttgart-based news agency , the head of public health said that it was "absolutely the right time" when there were only 75 registered coronavirus infections in the city .
The number of people who can be proven to have Covid-19 in Stuttgart never exceeded 463 afterwards, he went on to say, with 47 deaths with corona the mortality rate was 3.6 percent - and thus significantly below the European comparison (sometimes ten percent). In Stuttgart, at least 1,000 people who have since become ill have recovered.
But there was also criticism: He was very worried because "more and more people are pretending to be nothing," he said according to the report.
Corona virus in BaWü: Kretschmann gives little hope of easing
Update of April 28, 12:05 p.m .: Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann comments on the situation in Baden-Württemberg in a press conference on Tuesday .
"We exchanged ideas with virologists and experts yesterday," says Kretschmann. "If there were to be a second wave of infection , the measures would be even more drastic than they are now," warned Prime Minister Kretschmann at the beginning of the state government's press conference.
Before May 6, there would be no further easing , except perhaps at church services. Today's numbers would reflect the state ten days ago and not the current trend. The view of the number of reproductions * remains important. This number fluctuates and must remain below 1.0.
Corona in BaWü: "My heart is bleeding" - the family brewery has to destroy 1,500 liters of beer
Update from April 28, 11:31 am : A Wiernsheim brewery has to destroy beer due to the Corona crisis . Beer garden and festivals are canceled. There are no buyers. The bottling also does not work, reports the SWR . 1,500 liters of draft beer land on Tuesday in a biogas plant. "My heart is bleeding, but through this kind of recycling the whole thing has at least a small value for the general public," master brewer Robert Volk told the broadcaster.
Coronavirus in Baden-Württemberg: 20 more deaths - more than 31,100
Update of April 27, 9:24 pm: By Monday evening, more than 31,100 confirmed coronavirus infections and at least 1,269 deaths in connection with a Covid 19 disease had been confirmed in the state of Baden-Württemberg . This results in an evaluation by the German Press Agency, which takes into account the latest figures from the federal states.
Baden-Württemberg is still one of the regions most affected by Covid-19 in Germany. More infections and deaths recorded only Bavaria . There are also more infected people in North Rhine-Westphalia, but 138 fewer deaths than in Baden-Württemberg.
First report from April 27:
Stuttgart - According to the statistics of the federal states, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia and Baden-Württemberg have particularly high numbers of registered coronavirus infections * . According to the current status (April 27), there are 31,043 confirmed infections and 1,249 dead in Baden-Württemberg . This is evident from the figures published by the Robert Koch Institute on April 27th, 2020 at 8:30 a.m.
Corona crisis: Baden-Württemberg takes a special route - Kretschmann wants to test everyone
The Robert Koch Institute does not recommend testing people for the coronavirus * who have no corresponding symptoms, but Baden-Württemberg will decide in future "even people without symptoms but who are in close contact with infected people * or who were last there" state health minister Manne Lucha (Greens) said on Sunday. Even Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (Green Party) said that "a significant expansion of Corona test s *" a "very effective way" was to the pandemic to keep under control. "That is why we decided to have significantly more citizens tested for the new virus in the future than before." "Until the federal government has regulated the funding", the state itself will pay financially for this "nationwide unique strategy".
In the future, in Baden-Württemberg we will not only test people with # corona symptoms, but also people without symptoms who are in close contact with the infected or who have recently been. https://t.co/o49fAUNZuA #coronabw #CoronaVirusDE pic.twitter.com/hVX1rdkqFj
- Landesregierung BW (@RegierungBW) April 28, 2020From Monday, April 27, the mask requirement * applies in Baden-Württemberg in all public transport and shops, from 6 years. This does not have to be a so-called surgical mask *, but self-made masks *, scarves or scarves are also accepted. In addition expands Baden-Wuerttemberg , the emergency care in the corona crisis * from. As of Monday, April 27, children should in principle be entitled to emergency care "where both parents or single parents have a job outside of their home and are considered unavailable by their employer," according to the Ministry of Culture. In the future, children up to the seventh grade will also be looked after. So far, emergency care has been available for children up to sixth grade, whose parents work in the critical infrastructure.
A retirement home in Berlin had to be cleared because of the corona virus. *
agf / pm with material from dpa
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