According to current figures, North Rhine-Westphalia is still the most affected nationwide by the corona virus.
- Chancellor Angela Merkel is on the phone with Armin Laschet and the other prime ministers on Thursday .
- At the conference call, new measures and possible easing should be discussed
- Among other things, the game operations in the Bundesliga could be released
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Update from May 1, 11:48 a.m .: Although the federal government and the federal states announced further easing on Thursday, the number of people infected with the corona virus in North Rhine-Westphalia continues to increase dramatically. As the Robert Koch Institute explains on Friday, another 371 people in NRW had tested positive for Covid-19. This increases the number of officially ill people in NRW to 33,058.
As Harald Willert, chairman of the NRW school management association, explains to the Rheinische Post , there could be a bottleneck at the schools in the coming weeks. In the federal state, all teachers belonging to a risk group should be released from work. In some schools, however, the number of teachers affected is between 50 and 80 percent, warned Willert.
Corona in NRW: Relaxation is coming - confusion about mail about school openings
Update from April 30, 6:47 p.m .: Confusion about Armin Laschet . North Rhine-Westphalia's prime minister relativized the plans of the state school ministry to reopen primary schools for all students in a rotating system on May 11th. A corresponding mail to the schools ( see update at 5:04 p.m. ) will be "corrected" , said Laschet on Thursday in Düsseldorf. On May 6, everything else will be discussed with the federal and state governments.
Update at 6:17 p.m .: Consistent contact succession is one of the most important tools to contain the pandemic, explains Armin Laschet . The health authorities in NRW will track all infection chains.
40 percent of the intensive care places in the hospitals are free for corona patients in NRW. The current situation allows postponed operations to be made up for.
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Village festivals, funfair events and other festivals will remain prohibited until August 31. Church services can take place again from May 1st with strict security concepts and limited participation. Museums and zoos can also open again.
Sweden, on the other hand, is going its own way in the Corona crisis. After much criticism, it is now surprising that Sweden received praise for the Corona course from the WHO directorate. *
Update at 6:00 p.m .: The Higher Administrative Court of North Rhine-Westphalia has declared the mask requirement in the state for shopping and local transport to be legal . The restrictions associated with wearing a mouth and nose cover are acceptable in view of the protective purpose, the judges decided on Thursday, according to the message. With the regulation on wearing a mouth and nose covering that came into force on Monday (April 27), the state government followed a current recommendation from the Robert Koch Institute. This assumes that self-made masks made of fabric reduce the excretion of respiratory viruses and thus slow down the spread of coronavirus .
The Higher Administrative Court had received several similar applications with which plaintiffs wanted to overturn the mask requirement.
Merkel-PK: Further easing confirmed
Update of April 30, 5:33 p.m .: After the top- level advice from the federal and state governments, Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) has announced further opening steps. Playgrounds, cultural institutions and places of worship are likely to reopen , Merkel said in Berlin on Thursday. However, the danger from the corona pandemic is far from over: “Therefore, caution remains the order of the day,” the CDU politician emphasized in Berlin on Thursday following a conversation with the 16 prime ministers on the corona crisis.
A common strategy remains necessary to contain the Corona crisis . Merkel spoke of a tremendous challenge for the citizens and all levels of the country, for which "there is no template". It is particularly important to understand the infection chains.
Corona in North Rhine-Westphalia: Loosening is coming - Laschet is pushing ahead at schools
Update from April 30, 5:04 p.m .: As the state ministry of schools in North Rhine-Westphalia announced in an email to the schools on Thursday, elementary school students in the federal state should go back to school on a daily basis from May 11. The fourth graders should start on May 7th.
Then from May 11, children of all grades are to be taught in a daily “rolling” system. In concrete terms, this means that a different year should go to school every working day - after weeks of corona-related forced breaks.
Update of April 30, 4:30 p.m .: NRW Prime Minister Armin Laschet (CDU) has warned not to postpone important doctor and hospital appointments due to the corona crisis and to jeopardize your own health. "My message is: Those who are sick can, should, must go to the doctor! “, He emphasized. A correct balance must be found between a necessary reserve for corona patients and the treatment of other urgent complaints far from Covid-19, Laschet demanded.
In the meantime, details from the discussions between Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Prime Ministers of the federal states have also been penetrated. Thus, federal and state governments want next Community church services and special religious celebrations such as baptisms, weddings or circumcisions and funerals in small groups allow again .
In addition, the hospitals are supposed to start more operations and other important treatments according to the will of the federal and state governments. According to information from the German Press Agency, 40 percent of the intensive care beds from participants are kept free. Now fewer intensive care beds are to be kept free in the future . The development of infections in the corona crisis as well as a precise overview through a new intensive care bed register made it possible to use a "somewhat larger part" of the capacities again for plannable operating theaters, it said among the participants. You can also read an overview of all the expected loosening at Merkur.de *.
Coronavirus in NRW: Major events remain until August 31st
Update from April 30, 1:42 p.m .: In the meantime, the first details of the federal government's proposed resolution on further easing have become known. So the federal government wants the closed for weeks
Let the playgrounds open again, as well as museums, exhibitions, zoos, memorials and botanical gardens. Worship services and prayer events are also to be permitted again. In principle, the federal government intends to uphold the ban on major events that has already been decided until August 31 . This emerges from the federal government's draft resolution for the deliberations of Merkel and the country heads.
However, the document also states that the federal government will not decide until the next switching conference with the prime ministers on May 6 whether a further major opening step with the strict corona restrictions is actually possible. In the meantime, the federal government also wants to have a concept developed for the gradual opening of schools , daycare centers and the resumption of sports.
Coronavirus in NRW: More than 32,400 infections and 1200 deaths
Update of April 30, 11.48 a.m .: By Thursday morning, more than 32,400 coronavirus infections and at least 1200 deaths related to Covid 19 disease had occurred in North Rhine-Westphalia . This makes the federal state one of the most severely affected by the pandemic after Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.
In Bavaria, which has more corona deaths than North Rhine-Westphalia, there has now been a serious confusion. A nurse from Unterhaching was informed by phone about the death of her sister, who had Covid-19, but a few days later it turned out to be an error. You can also read how the affected parties are doing at Merkur.de *.
Coronavirus in NRW: Laschet and other prime ministers consult with Merkel
Update from April 30, 9.44 a.m .: NRW Prime Minister Armin Laschet and the Prime Ministers of the other 15 federal states will discuss with Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday afternoon how to proceed in the corona pandemic . However, whether far-reaching decisions regarding easing will then be made is unclear. Because of the up to two-week incubation period of the coronavirus, possible consequences of the loosening that took place only become visible in a few days. But already on Thursday morning it was said that the federal government will probably extend the contact restrictions to May 10.
Update from April 29, 12.03: In North Rhine-Westphalia , more than 32,100 people have been infected with the corona virus by Wednesday morning . In addition, at least are 1,171 people after an infection with the pathogen SARS-CoV-2 died . This is shown by an evaluation by the German Press Agency, which takes into account the latest federal state figures reported to the Robert Koch Institute.
North Rhine-Westphalia is still one of the most affected federal states in Germany by the pandemic. Because of the corona crisis, the Rhine fair was also officially canceled on Wednesday . And the Düsseldorfer Schützenfest will not take place this year either , reports the online edition of the Rheinische Post , citing information from the St. Sebastian shooters.
Corona virus in NRW: Düsseldorf fair and shooting festival canceled - but there is hope
Oliver Wilmering, chairman of the Düsseldorf showmen's association, has a small consolation plaster in store for fans of fair and shooting festival. Alternative concepts are still being worked on in the background . "But they are not yet ready for award, because they are still under examination," quotes the Rheinische Post Wilmering.
In Saxony, Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer, meanwhile, has called for further easing of the corona requirements.
Update of April 28, 4:23 p.m .: Five infected residents were found in a mass test for the corona virus in a temporarily sealed high-rise complex in Grevenbroich (North Rhine-Westphalia) . "All other test results are negative," said the Rhein-Kreis Neuss on Tuesday. A total of 377 residents of the residential complex in the 63,000-inhabitant city were tested on Sunday.
The spectacular action was necessary because two families with eight infected members did not comply with the quarantine regulations and continued to have contact with the neighbors. According to the district, the five currently positive test subjects are an individual and four other infected people from three families.
Coronavirus in NRW: Five residents in high-rise in Grevenbroich are infected
Update, April 28, 12:14 p.m .: Five residents of the cordoned - off high-rise complex in Grevenbroich are
infected with the corona virus . All other results of the 377 residents tested were negative, the Rhein-Kreis Neuss said on Tuesday. Samples were taken from the residents for the tests in a complex process on Sunday. Since then, they have not been allowed to leave the premises. The mass test had become necessary because, according to the authorities, infected residents had not kept the quarantine. The circle said that the positive test was a single person and four other infected people from three families.
The city of Grevenbroich said that the quarantine for the entire building complex would continue to apply. First of all the closer contact persons of the infected would have to be determined. A city spokesman said the quarantine could probably be lifted later in the day.
A dead man was discovered in the high-rise on Monday evening: it is a 58-year-old apartment owner. The investigators apparently do not assume a crime.
Coronavirus in NRW: corpse discovery in mass corona tests
Update, April 28, 9:56 am : No going out and security guards outside the door. A high-rise complex in Grevenbroich (NRW) is under corona quarantine. After a body was found on Monday, the police are now investigating.
Neighbors, as the picture reports, had called 911 after worrying about a resident. Rescue workers then found a dead person (58). The cause of death is still unclear. According to the police, there was no indication of third-party debt. It is not initially known whether the man had Covid-19.
No one is allowed to leave the building. 377 residents have to wait for their test results.
Coronavirus: NRW publishes death numbers for March
Update, April 28, 9:26 a.m .: In NRW, 32,184 people (an increase of 315 compared to the previous day) are infected with Covid-19, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) states (as of 8:10 a.m.), among them are 1,171 deaths.
The State Statistical Office of North Rhine-Westphalia published figures on the deaths in March 2020. According to this, around 18,800 people died in North Rhine-Westphalia in March 2020. For comparison: 19,100 people died in March 2019.
According to the authority, there are no indications of an increased mortality from the Covid 19 pandemic from these data for March 2020.
According to the RKI, a total of 795 coronavirus deaths were confirmed in NRW in March 2020.
No increased mortality in March 2020 in #NRW! At 18,800 fewer people died than in March 2019 (19,100). @rki @mags @landnrw #NRWinZahlen #Statistik # Überberberlichkeit https://t.co/1JcmhsIAx4 pic.twitter.com/I2ubiiXQfU
- IT.NRW (@ITNRW) April 28, 2020Corona in North Rhine-Westphalia: High-rise building in Grevenbroich cordoned off due to Covid 19 cases - now a dead person has been found there
Update, April 27, 8:46 p.m .: In the North Rhine-Westphalian town of Grevenbroich , a complete high-rise complex with around 450 residents was cordoned off because two families infected with corona did not comply with the quarantine requirements (we reported). Now a dead man has apparently been found in the high-rise . First, Focus.de reported on this development.
Update, April 27, 11:40 a.m .: Reinhard Buttler from Essen had to go to the University Hospital Essen on April 1 to treat lung cancer, a form of cancer. There, however, he died a few weeks later as a result of a coronavirus infection * . Before that, his family spoke on the phone about the conditions in the hospital: "They run around here as if there is no Corona at all." As the radiation clinic in Essen admits, mouth and nose protection has been mandatory since March 20 wear, but the order is not always followed.
On April 5, the family was informed that the 76-year-old had contracted the coronavirus * and was transferred to another ward. Here Reinhard Buttler died only a week later of the consequences of the coronavirus * . His family now wants to indict.
A retirement home in Berlin had to be cleared because of the corona virus. *
Corona crisis NRW: Laschet wants to push through Bundesliga return on Thursday
Düsseldorf - The mask requirement * has also been in place in North Rhine-Westphalia since Monday, and this will certainly be an issue in the upcoming discussion on Thursday between Prime Minister Armin Laschet and Chancellor Angela Merk el *. There will be no loosening for mouth-nose protection * in the near future.
For this, Laschet hopes with a competent authority for a start of the Bundesliga game . The North Rhine-Westphalian Prime Minister had suggested resuming the Bundesliga together with Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder * (CSU) "because we were convinced by the concept". In addition, the two prime ministers already mentioned dates for the reopening of churches, mosques and synagogues. It is therefore likely that the Federal Chancellor will also discuss this topic .
Armin Laschet is currently under great pressure. He would like to become party leader at the end of the year, then candidate for chancellor and chancellor, Merkel's successor. In this light, his behavior in the Corona crisis * is viewed particularly critically. According to current figures, 31,879 people in North Rhine-Westphalia have already been infected with the coronavirus * , and the number of deaths rose to 1,131. However, 22,583 people from Covid-19 * have already recovered. The Robert Koch Institute published the figures on April 27, 2020 at 8:30 a.m. In Germany, the number of people infected is currently 155,193.
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