In the middle of the Corona hotspot of Germany: Laschet appearance without mask and distance - photos cause criticism

Armin Laschet's visit to Hamm caused criticism.

On Saturday he supported the mayor in the runoff campaign.

Now there is harsh criticism.

• With a seven-day incidence of 87.1, Hamm in North Rhine-Westphalia is well above the critical mark of 50 and is Germany's current corona hotspot.

• On Saturday, Armin Laschet visited Hamm's Lord Mayor Thomas Hunsteger-Petermann to support him in the runoff campaign.

• The CDU politician is now being sharply criticized on social media.

Hamm - For months, the coronavirus * Sars-CoV-2 has been a topic of conversation every day: increasing case numbers, the situation in other European countries, assessments by experts, new restrictions.

Even the

is one of the people added for months to life, a change is not yet in sight - and breaches of this obligation are the ones making a stir.

While the corona situation is worsening more and more in some European countries and there is already talk of a so-called second corona wave, in Germany individual Corona * hotspots are repeatedly attracting attention.

Particularly in focus: Hamm in North Rhine-Westphalia.

With a seven-day incidence of 87.1, the location is well above the critical mark of 50. A total of 164 people are infected with Covid-19.

Corona virus in NRW: Laschet is campaigning in hotspot area - without a mask

What is causing a lot of displeasure on social media are, of all things, pictures from an event in

, in which

part.

Laschet stayed in Hamm on Saturday (September 19) and “visited Mayor

to support him in the runoff campaign”, as

can be read

on the official Twitter account of the CDU in

.

In the

Laschet delivered a speech.

The pictures that the Twitter account posted, however, caused a lot of criticism.

Full spa park in #Hamm!

@ArminLaschet visits Mayor Thomas # Hunsteger-Petermann to support him in the runoff election: Everything that concerns HP, he does with full conviction and with all his heart.

He knows Hamm like no other.

On 09/27

#CDU u choose Hunsteger-Petermann!

#HPbeibtOB pic.twitter.com/85DYDCx4t5

- NRW-CDU (@CDUNRW_de) September 19, 2020

Corona hotspot Hamm: Event without mask and minimum distance - criticism on Twitter

There

was a lot of criticism

on

because the

and the

according to the pictures were not adhered to.

For example, one Twitter user wrote: “Nobody wears a mask and keeping a distance of 1.5 meters does not apply either.

Did at least the people submit their correct contact details?

It's just embarrassing.

[...]. "

Another user posted a tweet in which he criticized: “For the descendant of Charlemagne Armin Laschet, different distance and mask rules apply at events than for the rest of society.

[...] Embarrassing and sad! ”