On Thursday, Markus Söder visited the Corona hotspot Passau.
On Friday the city announced that the exit restrictions would be extended.
The
ski lifts
and cable cars
in
Bavaria
are
closed at
least until December 20th
.
Prime Minister Söder goes
even further
with his
Corona
demands - he wants a Europe-wide ban.
Passau has meanwhile extended the exit restrictions (see update from December 4, 1:55 p.m.)
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Update from December 4, 10:11 p.m.:
The
corona situation
in the six largest cities in Bavaria could not be more different.
While
the
incidence
values are going through the roof
in
Passau
and
Nuremberg
.
They
keep
falling in
Regensburg
and
Ingolstadt
.
Augsburg
and
Munich
are in the midfield
.
The three rivers city of
Passau
currently reports
a value of 482.93.
Nuremberg
is not far behind
with 395.28.
The
Fugger city of
Augsburg
follows at a greater distance
(251.20).
Munich
still stays below 200 with 179.55.
In
Regensburg
they are already scratching at 100 with an
incidence
value of 107.78.
Ingolstadt is well
on the way to getting
back to the decisive 50s mark
with 88.07.
The values were reported by the State Office for Health and Food Safety (LGL) on Friday.
Update from December 4, 4:21 p.m
.: On Friday, Passau
extended
the
exit
restrictions
up to and including December 11 (see update from 1:55 p.m.).
The
Regen district is also
reacting - and tightening its exit restrictions due to the persistently high number of corona infections.
These would apply from Saturday not only at night, but also during the day, said
District Administrator Rita Röhrl
(SPD) on Friday.
"The apartment may then only be left for a valid reason." The State Office for Health and Food Safety had reported 482.9 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in one week on the same day (as of 2 pm).
Both values were higher on Friday than in all other districts and cities in Bavaria.
Corona: Bavarian hotspot extends exit restrictions - and tightened a measure
Update from December 4th, 1:55 p.m.:
The city of Passau is extending the exit restrictions up to and including December 11th.
Jürgen Dupper, Lord Mayor of the Three Rivers City, decided that after consultation with the parliamentary group leaders in the city council and the Corona crisis team, as the
city announced
.
Dupper had already
spoken out in favor of
extending the restrictions
on Thursday in view of the continued high number of
infections
.
Among other things, people are only allowed to leave their homes for a valid reason.
The situation in Passau has been particularly dramatic for days.
According to the
Robert Koch Institute
(RKI), the incidence in Passau (as of
December 4
, 0 a.m.) was
482.9
.
A few days ago, the value for new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in one week was around 600.
According to the city, there is only one
tightening of
the new regulation
.
It is about the obligation to test for employees in homes and hospitals.
In future, you will have to be tested for Corona three times a week instead of once a week.
On Friday, Dupper spoke of a “very high level of infection” in some facilities, and this “needs to be managed even
better”.
30,000 vaccinations daily: the number gives an idea of how long measures in Bavaria could still take
Update from December 4, 7:20 a.m.:
After the approval of the first
corona vaccines
, the Bavarian state government expects around 30,000
vaccinations
daily
in the Free State.
"This corresponds to an average daily
vaccination capacity
of around 300 people for each vaccination center," said a spokesman for the Bavarian Ministry of Health of the German Press Agency in Munich.
If all around 13 million inhabitants wanted to be vaccinated, this would take
433 days
with the
capacity
- and thus significantly longer than a whole year.
Since
herd immunity is
only guaranteed when around 60 to 0 percent of all residents are immune, life in Germany could remain at least partially restricted for a while.
Corona in the Free State: Vaccination centers offer capacity for 30,000 vaccinations daily
There
should be
no
compulsory vaccination
in Germany
Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU)
emphasized
again on Thursday
how important it is
that people are very
willing to vaccinate
: “But actually it is a requirement to get vaccinated.
Especially if you are in a risk group, for example, or if you work with risk groups. ”
The municipalities are currently preparing to start on December 15th, when the vaccination centers should be operational.
When exactly the first
corona vaccine will be
available is still open.
Meanwhile, the
ski dispute
over the closed
winter sports facilities
in Bavaria continues to
escalate
.
The mayor of
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
has now
turned to Prime Minister Markus Söder
with a
clear warning
.
Update from December 3, 10:13 p.m.:
As of today, students across
Bavaria
who are
in
quarantine
because of a
classmate infected
with
Corona can
return to school earlier.
The prerequisite for this is a
negative corona test
.
So it is in a general decree published on Wednesday.
The so-called "cohort-isolated" students no longer have to
remain
in quarantine
for
the entire
14 days
.
You are allowed to participate in the class again if the test - which can be taken after the fifth day of the positive test result of the classmate at the earliest - is negative.
This also applies to people who have had close contact with
someone
infected
with the
coronavirus
.
The so-called category 1 persons can take their
test
at the earliest from the tenth day after contact with the
infected person
.
Otherwise, the
quarantine will expire
automatically
after 14 days without symptoms
.
Update from December 3, 4:06 p.m.:
At a press conference in the
Corona hotspot
Passau, Prime Minister Markus
Söder
(CSU) announced that tougher
contact
restrictions could
soon
apply
in the Free State
- including on
New Year's Eve
.
(See update from 12:47 p.m.) At least that's Söder's view.
His vice, Minister of Economic Affairs Hubert
Aiwagner
(Free Voters), sees it completely differently.
Corona in Bavaria: Aiwanger opposes Söder - and calls for a relaxation schedule
Instead, the Minister of Economic Affairs calls for a
relaxation schedule
.
"We don't want a permanent lockdown, the situation is now manageable again compared to the exponential growth in October," said the Vice Prime Minister.
Is there
another dispute between the CSU and free voters
in the
state government
?
Aiwagner is calling for an
opening
plan
for the catering, hotel and ski industries, which can be implemented from January 11th.
Aiwanger
: “If the
corona infection
numbers should gallop away from
us by then
, we can always change that.
But without perspective, we only produce frustration without need. "
Corona in Bavaria: Hubert Aiwagner emphasizes: "Do not need any further closure"
The
Minister of Economic Affairs is more than skeptical of the
tightening
mentioned
by
Söder
: "Trade must remain open, we don't need any further closings here," he emphasizes.
The
second wave
has long since broken.
Anyone who wants to continue to press the corona numbers, true to the motto "it cost what it may", will pay a high price for it.
Reinforcement of the hotspot strategy in Passau: the numbers have to go down.
The Bundeswehr will help health authorities to dry out sources of infection.
Exit restrictions and alternate classes apply consistently.
Homes in Bavaria get FFP2 masks and quick tests several times a week pic.twitter.com/wtpE2f7FQr
- Markus Söder (@Markus_Soeder) December 3, 2020
Update from December 3, 12.47 p.m.:
At the end of the press conference,
Söder
answered questions from the journalists present.
A press question about it: How will
Bavaria continue
in the next few weeks.
“The
hotspot strategy
has been effective since this week,” said Söder.
Now we have to wait and see.
"Then we have to evaluate again: Do these
corona measures
that we have only help to stabilize or are they also sufficient to get the
numbers
down again?"
Corona in Bavaria: Söder does not rule out tougher measures and restrictions
The
Prime Minister
makes it clear: You cannot put the country in half sleep forever.
Söder: “Maybe there will soon be a significant downturn in the numbers.
At the moment, however, I am skeptical whether we
can just continue
with the
corona measures
.
“If the Corona numbers in the
Free State
do not fall clearly soon,
Söder
does not
rule out
stricter measures and restrictions.
Bavaria: Söder emphasizes: Corona solutions must also be found for border traffic
Also on the subject of
border traffic
remarked
Söder
.
He emphasizes: “The borders will remain open.” Especially for
commuter traffic,
it is now important to find “a practicable but safe solution”.
There are no concrete plans for this yet.
Söder
: “We have to think about what we can do better now.
And we have to consider whether we
can talk
to our friends in the
Czech Republic
or
Austria
ourselves about how we can do it well for everyone. "
12.05 p.m.:
Now the Passau District Administrator Raimund Kneidinger speaks.
Herewith we end the live reporting.
12.03 p.m.:
Now, Passau's mayor Jürgen Dupper speaks.
"For the third day in a row we have falling values, but the values are still far too high." Therefore, the measures will be extended by at least a week in Passau.
Markus Söder comes to the corona crisis talk in Passau https://t.co/ku3r5vHjIc pic.twitter.com/elNcyMBYi1
- BR_Niederbayern (@BR_Niederbayern) December 3, 2020
Corona hotspot Passau: Söder gives press conference - Uniform rules in the Free State are important
11:57 am:
State Secretary Klaus Holetschek is now speaking.
He sees the imminent vaccination as a "logistical challenge of incomplete proportions".
"But we will do everything we can to ensure that people who want to be vaccinated can do that too, in not too long a time."
11.55 a.m.:
According to Söder, vaccination is a bright spot.
"There will be no vaccination light, but it is actually an imperative to get vaccinated," said Söder.
"It's clear to me: Corona annoys everyone." That is why uniform rules are all the more important for everyone now.
Rules that everyone can understand.
Corona in Bavaria: Söder announces more rapid tests for hotspots
11:51 am:
Söder emphasizes: “We need patience now.
Everything is regulated. ”All measures in the region have been taken.
After ten days we will see how it goes on.
“We want to reduce hotspots in Bavaria,” said Söder.
11.50 a.m.:
Söder announces more corona rapid tests, more support for the health authorities and more FFP-2 masks, especially for corona hotspots in Bavaria.
11.46 am:
"The numbers have to go down, the numbers have to get better," emphasizes Söder.
The lockdown light is one thing.
“But we also have to be clear: if the numbers stay that way, the number of contacts will also be reduced on New Year's Eve.” Söder emphasizes that holidays shouldn't be a risk.
Bavaria: Söder visits Corona hotspot Passau - and gives a press conference
11.44 am:
Söder explains today's visit to Passau with two reasons: "It's about information on site but also about providing support." It is important that everyone now stands together.
11.41 a.m.:
The press conference with Markus Söder begins.
Update from December 3, 11:29 am:
The
press conference
in Passau with Markus
Söder will
begin in a few minutes.
So that a minimum distance of 1.5 meters can be maintained, the conversation does not take place in Passau's town hall, but in the redoutes halls in the building of the Prince-Bishop's Opera House.
Update from December 3, 9:30 a.m.:
Important visitors are due today in the Bavarian
Corona hotspot Passau
: Prime Minister Markus Söder is paying a visit to the city.
Here
Söder
wants to
"get a picture of the current Corona situation in Passau and the region with local representatives", according to a press release.
Bavaria: Söder visits Corona hotspot Passau - press conference announced
During his visit to the
Corona hotspot
, the
Prime Minister is accompanied
by
the
State Secretary for
Health, Klaus Holetschek.
He is head of the
Corona Pandemic
Task Force at
the Bavarian Ministry of Health.
At around 11.30 a.m., Söder has announced a press conference.
Update from December 3, 7.54 a.m.:
The gastronomy suffers heavily from
Corona
.
It is one of the hardest hit industries during the
crisis
.
That is why the Free State of Bavaria now wants to get involved in Berlin.
Objective: The permanent
reduction of VAT
for the catering trade.
"The reduced VAT rate should not only apply to food, but also to drinks, so that landlords can benefit from the tax cut in the same way," said Bavaria's Finance Minister Albert
Füracker
.
Corona: Bavaria wants to relieve gastro - Free State wants to implement tax cuts in Berlin
"A sales tax burden with the standard rate of 19 percent from July 1, 2021 would not be shouldered in this situation for the companies and should mean the final end for many of those affected," says the application from the German Press Agency in Munich present.
This is justified by the fact that the industry has
once again suffered “enormous sales losses”
due to the current
partial lockdown
and the
infection situation
makes normal
restaurant operations
“hardly possible in the long term”.
Update from December 2, 8:31 p.m
.: Markus Söder has
indicated
a possible further
tightening of
the anti-corona measures by the federal and state governments.
At some point you will have to think about deepening the measures in some places: “The question is whether we can keep the country in this kind of half-sleep the whole time - or whether we don't have to think again at some point, in some places a lot to go clearly and consistently deeper. ”That said the
CSU chief
after a video
switch between the state
heads of government with Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin.
"My feeling is, and many citizens also ask me, that we shouldn't shy away from being very consistent in the end - and perhaps more consequently for a shorter time than semiconsistently for longer."
Corona in Bavaria: Prime Minister Markus Söder visits super hotspot Passau
Update from December 2, 5:37 p.m
.: In Passau, the
seven-day incidence is
still high.
According to the Robert Koch Institute, the value is currently 479.1.
This means that it has decreased compared to the previous day (549.2), but the three-river city is still the number 1 corona hotspot in Germany.
On Thursday (December 3), Prime Minister
Markus Söder
will meet with State Secretary for
Health Klaus Holetschek
a picture of the situation.
The
Passauer Neue Presse
reports
.
The CSU boss will then inform the public at a press conference.
It should take place around 11.30 a.m.
Corona in Bavaria: Söder supports winter sports in Austria - but he leaves one important detail open
Update from December 2, 4:27 p.m.:
New bad news for Bavarian
hosts
and
hotel owners
: It is possible that the federal and state governments seem
to want to keep
hotels and restaurants
closed longer than previously planned.
The media reported on this with reference to the
Reuters
news
agency
.
This writes that the closure
could be extended
until January
10th
.
This step should then be decided in mid-December.
The lockdown regulations currently only apply until December 28th.
Corona in Bavaria: Söder rates winter sports in Austria as "correct and understandable"
Update from December 2, 3:45 p.m .:
Markus Söder rates the
practical
winter sports shutdown
for many tourists in Austria during the Christmas holidays as "correct and understandable".
Bavaria's Prime Minister said on Twitter on Wednesday: “Even if it is difficult:
Safety
first.
The holidays must not become a risk. "
No skiing vacation in # Austria: The decision is correct and understandable.
Even if it is difficult: safety comes first.
The holidays must not become a risk.
https://t.co/PSpCn2hikL
- Markus Söder (@Markus_Soeder) December 2, 2020
Austria has
imposed a ten-day quarantine obligation
for all travelers from
Corona risk areas
from December 7th to January 10th.
This also affects tourists from Bavaria.
The aim is to curb tourism to a large extent, the government announced on Wednesday in Vienna.
So far, Söder has not commented on whether ski lifts in the Bavarian
winter sports areas
will be open during the Christmas holidays.
One thing is so far only that the investments under the extended partial lockdown up to and including 20
December
remain closed.
Corona virus in Germany: video conference from the federal and state governments - including Söder
Update from December 2, 2:45 p.m.:
In a few minutes, at 3 p.m. to be precise, the federal and state governments will meet with Chancellor Angela
Merkel
(CDU) in a video conference.
Bavaria's Prime Minister
Markus Söder
(CSU) will also be present.
The appointment should not primarily be about the
Corona crisis
, but about topics such as digitization, all-day care and racism.
Afterwards Merkel,
Söder
and Berlin's Mayor Michael Müller (SPD) will
speak
at a
press conference
.
There the politicians will present the
results
of the conference.
Corona in Bavaria: Summit with Chancellor and country leaders - afterwards Söder, Merkel and Müller speak
Update from December 2, 12.35 p.m.:
Criticism
of Prime Minister Markus
Söder's
corona policy is
not only coming from within
.
In an interview with the Rotary Club Schliersee,
virologist Hendrik Streeck
criticized
Söder's
statements about the corona pandemic.
For example, the virologist condemns the Prime Minister's number games on mortality in connection with Covid-19.
"When Mr.
Söder
says that the
death rate
is currently so high that an airplane crashes every day, he is ignoring reality," Streeck clarified.
The virologist also warns of too much euphoria about the corona vaccine.
Corona in Bavaria: Söder calls for a Europe-wide ski ban - special proposal from the CSU could save the season
Original article from December 2, 11:05 a.m .:
Munich - The debate about Prime Minister
Markus Söder's
call for a Europe-wide
closure of the ski resorts
is
entering
a new round: Now there is even
resistance
in Söder's own party, more precisely the
CSU
state group.
Paul Lehrieder, tourism expert of the Union parliamentary group in the Bundestag, is against a blanket ski ban.
"Nothing happens on the slopes," the CSU member of the Bundestag emphasized to the
Augsburger Allgemeine
.
Corona in Bavaria: Söder reaps criticism from CSU for a ski ban
In regions with low numbers of Corona * infections, skiing
could be allowed
with
distance rules
and
hygiene measures
.
Lehrieder's suggestion: For example, only one person could sit in double chair lifts, or
Corona *
quick tests could be
available
for skiers, as at airports
.
“Sport in the fresh air strengthens the immune system,” the politician clarifies.
Ski ban in Bavaria: CSU politician calls for rapid corona tests for skiers
The fact is: In the
Free State
, cable cars and
ski lifts will be
closed until December 20th.
Söder has
already made it clear: Even after that, winter sports enthusiasts have little chance of relaxing the Corona * requirements.
At the same time, the
Prime Minister called on
other Alpine countries - including Austria and Switzerland - to follow the Bavarian example.
The nationwide
Corona * policy
remains exciting today, Wednesday: At 1 p.m. there will be another
conference of the Prime Ministers
with Chancellor
Merkel
in Berlin
.
A press conference with
Markus Söder
and Angela Merkel * is planned
for the evening
.
*
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