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Corona dispute is getting more violent: Palmer calls for the end of the lockdown - the Greens top wants five immediate measures instead

2021-01-11T16:08:33.819Z


Chancellor Angela Merkel estimates that the coming weeks will be the worst of the entire corona pandemic. Friedrich Merz is deeply concerned.


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.

+

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. "

+

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. "

+

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

Source: merkur

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