Chancellor Angela Merkel estimates that the coming weeks will be the worst of the entire corona pandemic.
Friedrich Merz is deeply concerned.
Update from January 11, 4:50 p.m.:
Boris Palmer
had already
spoken out
the evening before
and called for an
end to the corona lockdown
in February (see update from 11.55 a.m.) - once again, the controversial Lord Mayor of Tübingen is not at all in line with his Party: Because the Green leadership has now also spoken out with clear corona demands at the start of the Bundestag election year.
She wants to
stop
the corona virus with
five new measures
.
The worst is to be feared, said
party leader Annalena Baerbock
on Monday after a multi-day digital annual prelude meeting of the party executive.
She was alluding to virus mutations *.
Action must be taken even before the next corona consultations by the federal and state governments, which are planned for January 25.
Labor Minister Hubertus Heil
(SPD)
must
use the Occupational Safety and Health
Act
to arrange
work in the home office
wherever possible
.
It is difficult to explain to the population that people continue to work in the open-plan office while the children are not allowed to go to school, said Baerbock.
In addition, the state should completely
equip
the population with the particularly safe
FFP2 masks
.
For trains, a reservation requirement should be introduced to ensure distance between passengers, she demanded.
The
Ministry of Health
must also
enable
rapid corona tests at home
.
After all, the
vaccinations should be accelerated
.
To this end, the authorities should contact people for vaccination appointments “so that they don't hang on hotlines for hours”, send mobile vaccination teams out and start awareness-raising campaigns.
“We have no days to lose,” said Baerbock.
Corona dispute is getting more violent: Merz wants a quick lockdown end - Palmer even gives a specific date
Update from January 11, 11.55 a.m.:
How long should
Germany
stay
in corona lockdown
?
In view of the continuously
high number of infections
and freshly tightened rules, the debate is growing in intensity.
In addition to CDU chairman
Friedrich Merz
(see previous update), another controversial politician has also called for an early end to twilight sleep: The
Green Boris Palmer
even named a specific date for a return to normality.
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Friedrich Merz
© Bernd von Jutrczenka / dpa
"It's enough.
We have to reopen in a controlled manner at the beginning of February.
We also have to live, "said Palmer on Sunday evening in the online talk" The right questions "of the
picture
.
Politicians had to say goodbye to the goal of the 50s incidence, he demanded - otherwise the
lockdown
would last
several months
.
Palmer warned of "exponentially" increasing
damage to the economy and society
.
The Green Party, which was also heavily controversial within the party, received clear contractions from
SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach
.
On the contrary, he even called for a further lowering of the target value to a
7-day incidence *
of 25
.
Lauterbach had already expressed this point of view at the beginning of January - in an interview at the time * he referred to the new corona mutation and the need
to be able to track
new infections again by the
health authorities
.
Corona: Merz calls for a quick end of the lockdown - "Point reached where it can't go on"
Update from January 11, 8:35 a.m.:
Friedrich Merz
calls for
a quick
end to the lockdown
- especially for
small and medium-sized companies
.
“For many small companies, the point has already been reached where things cannot go on.
I am particularly concerned about small and medium-sized companies.
They have to get out of lockdown as quickly as possible, back to normal business practices with a hygiene concept as quickly as possible, ”said the
CDU chairman
now the
picture
.
The lockdown will be
tightened
again this Monday
(see our first report from January 9th below)
.
For many people, the
isolation
is difficult to cope with, said Merz.
“For an open society this cannot be tolerated for long.
Many people already have the ceiling on their heads at home.
You want out.
It is
a difficult
psychological
situation
for everyone
.
Above all, the
educational and developmental deficits
in our children are becoming increasingly difficult to catch up. "
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Friedrich Merz urgently warns of a corona lockdown that is too long.
© Bernd von Jutrczenka / dpa
Corona: Merkel expects the difficult time of the pandemic in Germany - and has to fear a virologist uprising
Update from January 9th, 5:25 p.m.:
A message provided relief this week.
The vaccine from the Mainz-based manufacturer
Biontech
apparently also works against the mutated variant of the
coronavirus
.
This was
first established
in
Great Britain
, among other places
.
But
picture
information shows that virologists are still concerned and warn of a large number of deaths in
retirement homes
- should the
federal and state governments
not adjust
their vaccination strategy
.
Concern about corona mutation: EU orders further Biontech deliveries - decision paper from the federal and state governments
According to the newspaper, the scientists plan
to contact
Federal
Minister of
Health Jens Spahn
together
.
Because in countries like
Great Britain
, the number of infections is currently increasing sharply.
The
corona mutation has
now
also been discovered in patients in Germany.
On Friday, the
EU ordered
300 million more doses of the
corona vaccine
from
Biontech
.
The manufacturer then announced: "We are in talks with the
European Commission
about an addition to our previous supply agreement for
Comirnaty
."
The
resolution paper to extend the lockdown also
deals with the
corona mutation
: "The federal and
state governments are concerned about
the development of
mutations in the SARS-Cov2 virus
.
The common goal of the federal and state governments is to limit the entry and spread of virus variants with possibly less favorable properties as far as possible. "
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Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) at a weekly cabinet meeting.
© John Macdougall / dpa
Corona pandemic in Germany - Angela Merkel expects the most difficult time of the pandemic
First report from January 9, 4 p.m.:
Berlin - The
Corona
numbers continue to skyrocket in Germany.
Even the
lockdown
imposed in mid-December
has so far not helped significantly in getting the infection numbers under control.
The Prime Minister of the federal states and Chancellor
Angela Merkel have
now followed up
with new, stricter rules
.
And yet the Chancellor expects the coming weeks to be the worst of the entire pandemic.
Angela Merkel speaks up: "Doctors and nursing staff on the verge of being overwhelmed"
Merkel said that in her podcast published on Saturday.
“Doctors and nursing staff work on the verge of being overwhelmed in many hospitals”.
She went on to say: "What we hear about
mutations in the virus
does not make worries any less - on the contrary".
The measures that have now been extended and, in some cases, tightened by the federal and state governments, are drastic, the restrictions severe, but also "absolutely necessary".
Merkel makes vaccination hope: "The pace will increase"
The Chancellor hopes that vaccination can now begin.
Angela Merkel firmly expects a faster pace of vaccination against the corona virus.
“It's a slow start.
A few hundred thousand are vaccinated, and the number is increasing every day.
The pace will increase, ”said the CDU politician in her podcast published on Saturday.
“We will have enough vaccine * available for everyone in Germany.
We are getting more people every month and finally we can offer a vaccination to anyone who wants it. "
At the same time, Merkel defended the joint European procurement of the Corona * vaccine.
“I am firmly convinced that it was good to go on the European route.
A virus that hits us all cannot be defeated by any country alone.
No country, including Germany, would be safe from the virus if it weren't for its friends and neighbors. ”
(Dpa / rjs) * merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editorial network.
List of rubric lists: © Kay Nietfeld / dpa