Corona in North Rhine-Westphalia: court with drastic decision - quarantine obligation for travelers returning

North Rhine-Westphalia is hard hit by the corona virus.

The number of new corona infections continues to grow in individual regions, but more slowly.

But in the daycare centers the situation is getting worse.

• In Germany, the federal state of

  North Rhine-Westphalia

  (NRW) is particularly affected by the coronavirus *.

• Day care centers

  - daycare centers - should stay open in NRW, actually.

  The NRW Family Minister gave a "care guarantee".

• This news ticker is updated regularly.

Update from November 20, 5:38 p.m.:

The

has

overturned

the

requirement

for foreigners

from

.

This was

regulated

in the Corona entry regulation of the state of

.

The court argues that the country fails to take into account the fact that travelers

returning

from a country with lower

than where they live are at a

when they return home

.

Thus, the quarantine is currently not a suitable means of containing the

, the court announced on Friday.

Update from November 20, 12:07 p.m

.: What Chancellor

allegedly

wants to propose

at the next

of the federal and state governments, the

(minors should be in

on meetings with only one Friend or girlfriend) is highly controversial.

NRW Prime Minister

but apparently similar ideas: "A family can only meet with two other people from another household," said the candidate for the CDU party chairmanship * of the

and the

.

That is his suggestion for the talks on

.

Experience has shown that the principle works - and so restrictions on

or

could be

lifted “in the medium term”, says Laschet.

Laschet did not

explain who children and young people were not allowed to meet with their families, but rather

.

It sounds, however, as if his approach amounts to the one-child rule in practice.

Many children in North Rhine-Westphalia are

currently no longer

seeing their

- because the facilities are increasingly closing due to the pandemic

.

North Rhine-Westphalia's Prime Minister Armin Laschet wants to become CDU chief on January 16.

In the interview he talks about his goals for the party, the role of Angela Merkel and the current Corona crisis management.

https://t.co/ipuK04ER69

- Stuttgarter Zeitung (@StZ_NEWS) November 19, 2020

Coronavirus in NRW: daycare closings are increasing rapidly - the situation is coming to a head

Update from November 19, 4:44 p.m

.: Because of

,

falling

in NRW

.

But accident victims, cancer patients and corona patients are dependent on blood donations.

NRW Minister of Health Karl-Josef Laumann (CDU) has called, together with doctors, not to be deterred from donating blood despite the Corona crisis.

Covid-19 is not transmitted through blood, said Thomas Zeiler from the DRK blood donation service in Düsseldorf on Thursday.

Donating blood is as safe for the donor as the transfusion is for the recipient.

“There is no risk,” said the medic.

Therefore, it does not make sense to test for Covid-19 when donating blood.

According to the information, less than five percent of the German population donate blood regularly.

Six percent would be good, said Laumann.

Coronavirus in NRW: daycare closings are increasing rapidly - the situation is coming to a head

First report from November 19, 2020

Düsseldorf - More and more

.

The current figures from

(NRW) clearly show this.

In October, 788 daycare centers were already partially or completely closed.

In September there were 254. This reports

and refers to a letter from the

(FDP) to the state parliament.

According to the report, the trend is increasing.

In November, 759 facilities were affected by partial or complete closings.

+

In North Rhine-Westphalia, more and more daycare centers have to close due to Corona (symbol photo).

© Uwe Anspach / dpa

NRW: Daycare centers should remain open - but corona numbers are increasing

Despite rising

, the NRW Family

had given a care

in October.

"Schools and day care will not close again nationwide in North Rhine-Westphalia," said Joachim Stamp, according to the

news agency

on October 29th.

In a letter dated November 6th, Stamp confirms this again:

“(...) That's why I gave children and families an education and care

guarantee

back in September.

There will be no nationwide closure of daycare centers and child day care services.

(...). "

For the schools, NRW has brought the 2020/21 Christmas holidays forward.

The schoolchildren start their vacation two days earlier.

One development is causing debate: The number of children infected with Corona in Germany * is increasing significantly compared to September.

Coronavirus in NRW - the current number of cases (data status: November 19, 12 a.m.)

Corona hotspots in North Rhine-Westphalia have a nationwide average of 7-day incidence * according to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) at 166.6.

Ten cities and districts in North Rhine-Westphalia tear the 200 mark.

leads the NRW hotspots with a 7-day incidence of

, as can be seen from the data from the State Center for Health in North Rhine-Westphalia (LGZ) (data as of November 18).

There are currently

in

, of which 83 infected people have to be treated in a hospital, the city announced on Thursday.

According to the authorities, 15 corona cases can be traced back to a corona outbreak in a Bochum slaughterhouse.

The 10 corona hotspots in NRW (data status)

• Herne - 352.8

• Duisburg - 284.9

• Solingen - 283.2

• Hagen - 281.4

• Düren - 258.8

• Lip - 230.2

• Hamm - 224.5

• Gelsenkirchen - 214.1

• Heinsberg - 206.6

• Dortmund - 206.5

The

seem to be stabilizing - but an important value is increasing among children, young people and the elderly.

The Infection Protection Act is making waves.

What is actually in the new Infection Protection Act *?

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