Minister Spahn thwarts the Germans' Christmas Eve plans - "Many will not live to see Christmas"

Because of Corona: Do Germans have to do without family reunions at Christmas and celebrate in a very small group?

Jens Spahn is unmistakable on ARD.

• Coronavirus pandemic in Germany

  :

  Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg are

  tightening the

  corona

  rules

  significantly in December -

  exit

  restrictions

  and night

  curfews

  take effect.

• Other federal states decide

  against

  easing

  for

  Christmas

  and

  New Year's Eve

  because of

  Covid-19

  .

• Jens Spahn (CDU)

  is

  now

  preparing the Germans

  for holidays and the New Year in a very small circle

  in an

  ARD broadcast

  .

  The Federal Minister of Health chooses a drastic rhetoric.

Munich / Berlin -

have made the start, other federal states are following suit.

It is now clear: there will be drastic restrictions for people in

over

and

due to the

.

Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: Jens Spahn talks about the corona situation

But how many family members can you

ultimately meet

on

and the

?

has now prepared the Germans for holidays in a very small group.

“We actually only achieved half of the goal - to break the strong growth.

We have a heavy burden on intensive care medicine, deaths that are far too high, up to 500 deaths per day, ”said

on Tuesday evening (December 8) in an

on the

situation in the country.

No Christmas with the family?

Jens Spahn indicates a hard lockdown on Christmas Eve

He experiences "a fatigue after five or six weeks of many citizens" in the

.

"The way it is now, it can't go on for another two or three months in winter," said the

, not referring to any easing.

No, it rather indicated a hard, but probably shorter

.

The

had previously called for

a

between December 24th and January 10th.

And what does

think

about

?

“Of course we have to take care of each other especially at Christmas.

We have to celebrate Christmas differently than we usually celebrate it.

(...) Not the big family together, not even on Christmas Day or Christmas Day ”, said the head of department from

in the

and demanded in the program to avoid large family celebrations and get-togethers. 

Jens Spahn on Corona in Germany: "Many will not experience Christmas anymore"

The Federal Minister of Health chose a drastic comparison to the corona patients in

: "Many will

no longer experience

or spend it in the hospital." (Pm)