In Bavaria, the comprehensive "partial lockdown" has been in effect since Monday (November 2nd).
A community in Lower Franconia has become a hotspot - the incidence is 14,000.
A partial lockdown has been in effect in Bavaria since Monday (November 2nd).
Here you can find a summary of the current rules.
Augsburg is now the front runner in terms of the 7-day incidence in Bavaria (update from November 3, 10:54 a.m.).
Teacher association boss thinks little of equalized school times (update from November 5, 9:31 a.m.).
Here you can find the number of cases in Bavaria * as a map.
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Update from November 5, 9:31 a.m.:
In order
to solve
the problem with full
school buses
, many propose
to equalize
school hours
.
The students should come to school in stages.
Teachers' Association President
Heinz-Peter Meidinger
doesn't think much of the idea.
“There may be a little less going on on the buses and during the breaks, but nothing changes in the basic problem.
And the basic problem is the full class.
At school they still have
full classrooms
. "
In many regions, staggering the start of lessons would not work anyway, says
Meidinger
.
School buses
would often be used there for other tasks outside of normal transport times.
There
could also be problems
with
lunch care
.
This would then have to be extended over time.
Meidingers
counter-proposal, "If you really strong increases in
infection levels
would make effective health, you have to actually back in the
alternation
go, that is, halving classes and one half in one week or one day and the other half in the other Teach at school week or the other day. "
Corona in Bavaria: Retirement home in the Würzburg district reports numerous positive test results
Update from November 4, 10:29 p.m.:
In a
senior citizens' home
particularly
affected
by
Corona
in Ochsenfurt in Lower Franconia (Würzburg district), the number of cases continues to rise.
In the meantime, there were 89 positive test results, the Würzburg district office announced on Wednesday.
So far 61 residents and 28 employees are affected (as of 3 p.m.).
Three residents are still in inpatient treatment.
The Würzburg health department had ordered the entire home to be quarantined, and all 109 residents and employees of the facility were tested.
Now people who tested negative twice are to be separated from those who tested positive.
Update from November 4th, 3:56 p.m
.: A small community in Lower Franconia has developed into a corona hotspot.
As the
Mainpost
(article behind the payment barrier) reports, there are 45 positive corona cases in Dornheim - with just 320 residents.
The seven-day incidence in the Iphöfer district is - extrapolated to 100,000 inhabitants - at 14,000.
According to media reports, there should have been a kind of
"replacement parish fair"
in
at least two places in the village
.
Reconstructing the chain of infection is therefore not easy.
As
News5
reports, the infection process also had dramatic effects.
Accordingly, the local
fire brigade
should also be
affected and could not move out in a house
fire
- because too many emergency services were infected.
Coronavirus in Bavaria: Söder with offer to neighboring country
Update from November 4, 1:51 p.m
.: The Bavarian Prime Minister
Markus Söder
(CSU) and the Czech Prime Minister
Andrej Babiš
want to keep the border
open
even if the number of
infections
continues to rise
.
"Closing the borders would not bring much profit in combating the pandemic, but would have significant other negative consequences," said Söder on Wednesday in Munich after a video session with Babiš.
On both sides of the border, the same protective measures as
everyday
masks
and minimum distances are
now in effect
, so that border closings would primarily hinder the movement of businesses, services and goods.
Medical care would also be impaired, argued Söder - numerous Czech
commuters
are currently working in the care sector in Bavaria
.
In order to stand by the neighboring country, which has been particularly hard hit by the second wave of pandemics, Söder renewed the
offer
to provide up to 100 beds for the care of corona patients.
Söder demanded from the federal government that the payment of the corona aid should start in November.
"Culture, gastronomy and self-employed people urgently need support." In addition, the Federal Infection Protection Act must be expanded quickly in order to create clarity and legal certainty.
Babiš also emphasized the importance of the local
Corona aid
: "If the German economy breaks down, our economy breaks too." The two politicians therefore also spoke about cross-border infrastructure projects such as a 5G mobile communications corridor between Prague and Munich and the expansion of railway lines .
Corona in Bavaria: Strict rules since Monday
Update from November 3, 5:12 p.m.:
Since Monday, strict
corona rules
have been in place throughout Germany
*
.
The authorities hope to get the spread of the virus under control, especially with the closure of the catering and hotel industries.
In
Berchtesgaden
, the lockdown was already imposed on October 20 after the
seven-day incidence
the previous day was 262.
2,500 tourists had to leave, and the house was only allowed to leave for compelling reasons.
But the
incidence
continued to rise: on October 28, it was 323.8.
Last Saturday the incidence was 282.6 - still higher than when the lockdown began.
On Monday, the county lockdown went into nationwide restrictions.
On Tuesday the incidence was 252.09.
In
the Rottal-Inn district
, a regional lockdown was also imposed on October 27 when the incidence jumped to 260.1.
Here, too, the incidence continued to rise.
According to the State Office for Health, it was
312.7
on Tuesday
.
According to the district office, that was an outdated value.
Now the rate is only 275.7.
"The measures are having an effect, albeit with a delay," said district spokesman Mathias Kempf.
The numbers initially rose due to infections within families before falling again.
Stefanie Wegele
Corona infections: Augsburg breaks all records - virus reaches many retirement homes
Update from November 3, 1:49 p.m.:
There was
a massive
corona outbreak
in a
retirement home in Berching
(Neumarkt district in Upper Palatinate)
.
Numerous residents and employees have been
infected
with the
virus
.
Four residents are said to have died as a result of the disease.
40 others also tested positive, according to the spokeswoman for the Caritas Association for the Eichstätt diocese, Andrea Schödl.
Six sick people are being
treated in a hospital
.
17 employees at the facility were also infected.
The home with its 72 rooms has now been
quarantined
since the outbreak
.
"It is extremely difficult for people with dementia who have a great urge to move around to stay in their rooms," said Schödl.
Nursing staff from other Caritas facilities are currently helping out in
Berching
.
The specific cause of the outbreak has not yet been determined.
The association assumes that a
corona outbreak
on this scale cannot be attributed to a single person or a single cause.
Corona virus in Bavaria: In Augsburg, the 7-day incidence value shoots through the roof
Update from November 3, 10:54 a.m.:
After the districts of
Berchtesgadener Land
and
Rottal-Inn
, a city in Bavaria is now the sad leader in terms of
corona incidence
for the first time
.
The
7-day incidence
value
in
Augsburg
is 346.3 today, reports the city.
Since Monday (November 2nd) there have been 102 more people who tested positive in Bavaria's third largest metropolis.
The health department #Augsburg reports 102 # new coronavirus infections.
With the current figures, a total of 3323 Covid 19 cases were detected in Augsburg.
The 7-day incidence is 346.3.
More at: https://t.co/Ks9xGqcZvB pic.twitter.com/F7rABOwbl0
- City of Augsburg (@stadtaugsburg) November 3, 2020
The
health department
attributes the
high values
to incidents in several
senior citizens' homes
and
refugee
accommodation.
“As can be observed nationwide,
the number of cases
in
Augsburg *
has also risen continuously, even if the expected weekly doubling of the number of
new infections
has not materialized,” explains
health officer Reiner Erben
.
"In over 300 cases, the source of the infection is still unknown, plus there are
infection clusters
in seven retirement homes and in six facilities for refugees,"
Erben
continues on the city's website.
Other reasons for the high number of cases are attributed to a
processing backlog in the laboratories
.
This is said to have caused delays in the
transmission of positive test results
.
At the weekend, many positive test results were received from people who had already been crossed off at the beginning of last week.
There
is currently a delay of up to
72 hours
in the transmission of the test results from the
Augsburg test center
.
The main reason here is on the one hand the
increased number of tests
but also the increasing number of positive smears - which increase the processing time.
In relation to the
Augsburg test center
, the processing time is
expected to
return to
48 hours
this week
.
The delays in the
test laboratories
should also have another reason.
According to a letter that was
leaked
to
Merkur.de
, there should have been delivery bottlenecks for
PCR tests
.
It also says that indiscriminate testing is
not recommended
in
symptom-free people
.
One should concentrate primarily on the testing of people with symptoms, close contacts and people in critical areas (retirement homes, hospitals).
Corona in Bavaria: Corona deniers are radicalizing themselves on social media platforms
Update from November 3, 9.12 a.m.:
That
corona deniers
can not only be a danger to their health and that of others, but actually represent a real threat, has now been found in
Nuremberg
.
As
br24.de reports
, citing the
“Nuremberg Alliance Nazi Stop”
, members of the so-called
“Corona rebels”
are said
to have sent instructions on how to build explosives
in chats of the messenger service
Telegram
.
A user is said to have posted instructions on how to make
Apex explosives
- an
explosive
preferred by the so-called
Islamic State
.
The information gathered by the alliance has already been passed on to the
police
.
At a digital event on Monday evening, the
“Nuremberg Alliance Nazi Stop” provided
information about the background to the
“Corona rebels”
.
It is supposed to be a group that is unsolidary, open to the law and anti-science.
Radical groups - often right-wing extremists, anti-Semites and Holocaust deniers - particularly enjoy exchanging information on
Telegram
because, unlike other social media platforms, the messages are not deleted there.
Update from November 3, 8:19 a.m.:
After a protest meeting against the stricter
Corona regulations
, which was
declared a service,
the Bavarian Interior Minister
Joachim Herrmann
(CSU)
announced
strict
controls
.
"In the future, the police and the Assembly authorities such diversion
from the start stop
," said Herrmann
bild.de
.
Compliance with the Infection Protection Ordinance has "top priority and is
consistently monitored
by the police together with the other responsible authorities
".
The new corona lockdown rules have been in effect in Munich since Monday (November 2nd).
But that has changed little in terms of the public transport situation in the city *.
After the corona event in Munich: Bavaria wants to control closely
On
Sunday, almost 2000 people protested against the new partial lockdown on
Munich's Theresienwiese
.
The organizer had declared the meeting to be a service.
The police stopped the event "as the event developed more and more towards the goal of a concert".
Herrmann said the operation on the Theresienwiese would be followed up in detail by the authorities.
Update, 7.20 p.m.:
Since Monday,
all of Bavaria has been red
on the
Corona map
.
As the State Office for Health and Food Safety (LGL) in Erlangen reported, the Amberg-Sulzbach district in Upper Palatinate has now exceeded the limit of 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in seven days and is therefore in the red warning area.
The health department of the city of Augsburg reported 385 new corona cases over the past weekend on Monday.
In the past seven days there were
341 new infections
per 100,000 inhabitants.
The numbers have risen continuously, but "the expected weekly doubling of the number of new infections failed to materialize," said health officer Reiner Erben.
"In over 300 cases, the source of the infection is still unknown, and there are also infection clusters in seven retirement homes and six facilities for refugees."
Corona lockdown in Bavaria: More than a dozen lawsuits against measures
Update, 7:01 p.m
.: At the beginning of the partial lockdown in Bavaria, the
Bavarian Administrative
Court
in Munich had more than a dozen complaints against the regulations.
As a court spokesman reported, 13 judicial review urgent proceedings and 2 main proceedings had been received by Monday.
According to the VGH, the proceedings mainly concern the
closure of hotels to tourists and the ban
on serving
guests in restaurants
.
"There are also applications for the closure of fitness studios, tattoo studios and amusement arcades, as well as applications from families and individuals who want to go on vacation or make visits," said the spokesman.
A first decision can be expected this week.
Corona in Bavaria: employees and patients tested positive - hospital no longer accepts patients
Update, 4.44 p.m.:
The municipal hospital in
Bad Aibling
is temporarily no longer accepting patients due to a corona outbreak.
The clinic reported on Monday that eleven employees and nine patients have now tested positive.
Because of this, no more patients are admitted as inpatients and no longer treated as outpatients, and planned
operations have
been canceled.
According to the clinic, the
cause of the
infections
is unclear.
Coronavirus in Bavaria: There is still no shortage of nursing staff
Bavaria's state government currently sees
no shortage of nursing staff
in intensive care units in the Free State due to the
corona pandemic
.
"So far, the Ministry of Health is not aware of any shortage in nursing staff," said a ministry spokesman on Monday at a dpa request.
“But we are closely monitoring developments.” The nursing staff in Bavaria had previously complained about massive bottlenecks and warned of a
collapse of the system
.
Bavaria's Minister of Health
Melanie Huml
(CSU) had turned to Federal Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) as a precaution and asked for the lower limits of nursing staff to be suspended, especially for the intensive care units.
"The hospitals must be given the flexibility they need in this situation to deploy the existing staff," the ministry said.
It must be clear that sufficient personnel capacities are necessary in order to actually be able to occupy existing intensive care beds.
Coronavirus in Bavaria: Rapid increase in the number of cases in Munich
Update, 1:21 p.m.:
The Bavarian capital
Munich is
currently
seeing
a
rapid increase in
the number of corona cases.
According to current information from the RKI, the important
7-day incidence
in the Isar metropolis is now
142
.
In view of this development, the city was forced last week to
cancel
all
Christmas markets
this year.
Lord Mayor
Dieter Reiter
(SPD) now expressed himself in this context in the city hall exhibition:
Corona in Bavaria: Munich's Lord Mayor with an emotional statement
“I would have wished all of us that we could at least
end
this stressful year with the
traditional Christmas market
.
But with a
heavy heart
we unfortunately have to cancel the Christkindl and Christmas markets with a view to the infection rate, ”the statement said.
Reiter continues: “This
is of course particularly bitter
for the
feeders
.
The rejection now brings you at least clarity instead of a hangover that lasts for days or weeks ”.
Update, 12:18 p.m.:
In an
open letter
to Minister of Education
Michael Piazolo
(Free Voters),
Bavarian parents' associations
have
massively criticized
the
lessons
in
Corona times
and complained about missing concepts.
"We parents
will not accept
our children becoming
losers
as a
result of the pandemic
," said the joint letter from
the State Parents 'Association
of High
Schools (LEV) and the Bavarian Parents' Association (BEV)
published on Monday
.
Corona in Bavaria: Open letter to Piazolo - parent associations with massive criticism
There could be no question of a “successful educational partnership” because parents would have to become substitute teachers and
there was no equal opportunity
: “In the pandemic, the level of performance and education of the individual pupil depends more than ever on parental support and encouragement,” it said .
Because of the
risk of
having to switch to distance teaching at any time,
schools are concerned about
giving grades quickly, which puts students and parents
under massive pressure
.
The associations complained that learning material often had to be made up for, but was not taken into account.
In addition, eight months after the start of the pandemic, “digital chaos” prevails.
Update November 2, 10:39:
In a
senior center
in the Lower Franconian
Ochsenfurt
are
72
residents and staff
positively
to the
coronavirus
been tested.
This reports br24.de.
Accordingly, the entire senior citizen center is under
quarantine
, and the Würzburg health department is currently examining further measures.
It also says that 109 residents and employees were tested for Covid-19 on Saturday evening.
So far, 72 positive findings from the laboratory of the Würzburg University Clinic have been reported to the report according to the health department.
Corona in Bavaria: massive outbreaks in nursing home and senior center - two deaths
There was also
a massive corona outbreak
in a
nursing home in Swabia
.
47 people tested positive, two people died.
First report from November 2, 2020:
Munich - The number of
new infections
with the corona
virus
continues to rise
dramatically
in the Free State
.
Most recently, almost all of Bavaria
had arrived
in the so-called "
dark red
" area.
Only the
district of Amberg-Sulzbach
was not in one of the two highest warning levels on Sunday, according to the RKI, with an incidence of 36.9 - but on Monday (November 2) at the start of the week it
slipped
into the
red area of
the RKI card and thus exceeds the important 7-day incidence * of 50.
Corona in Bavaria: Söder speaks to Anne Will about lockdown - "Of course there are alternatives"
The
Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder
spoke late on Sunday evening on the
ARD
talk show "
Anne Will
" again about the
reasons for the strict measures
- and gave an outlook on the time afterwards.
“
Of course there are alternatives,
” says Söder.
What is meant is the Swedish model of "
infection
".
But, according to the Prime Minister: “That means an enormous
increase in the number of infections
.
The consequences are the hospitals filling up and, in the end,
high death rates
. ”Therefore, according to the CSU chief,“ containment is the only realistic and ethically justifiable alternative ”and“ that means
reducing contacts
”.
Söder zu Lockdown in Bavaria: Hope for vaccines is there - "Need good nerves"
When asked by
Anne Will
, Markus Söder explains the extensive
closings in the leisure area
.
Accordingly, leaving
schools,
daycare centers and businesses
open has the
highest priority.
In order to then
successfully implement the
concept of “
contact reduction
”, which is
urgently recommended by scientists
, it is essential to close down all leisure facilities such as gastronomy and culture for a certain period of time.
Then Söder gave an
outlook for the upcoming winter
: “There is no better recipe in the whole world than to reduce contacts.
The Federal Minister of Health has even promised that at the end of the year or the beginning of next year,
vaccines will
at least be
approved
.
We need patience, we need good nerves and a bit of
optimism
, ”said the Bavarian Prime Minister.
However, not everyone shares Söder's hope for a vaccine in the foreseeable future.
Prof. Stefan Willich (61),
epidemiologist at the “Charité”, thinks it is “
far too optimistic
” to assume that a vaccine will only be available for a few months.
An “informed, flexible population” has to get used to high numbers of infections, according to the epidemiologist in Anne Will's studio.
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