The lockdown has just been tightened and extended until mid-February.
At the same time, the number of new infections in the Weilheim-Schongau district is falling rapidly.
District
- The
seven-day incidence value continues to
decline in
the Weilheim-Schongau district
.
Yesterday it was already 66.4 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants.
And yet the
lockdown
was tightened and extended again.
"I am appalled how the restrictions are being tightened more and more across the board instead of reacting in a regionally targeted manner locally," said Susann Enders (Free Voters / Weilheim), member of the state parliament, in an interview with the local newspaper.
“In view of the current
incidence values
and the
FFP2 mask requirement
it would be possible to open the hairdressers and restaurants in the Weilheim-Schongau district immediately, ”she adds.
"But even as a member of a government faction, it is difficult when the Prime Ministers and the Chancellor in Berlin
decide
on
corona
measures
for all of Germany
."
Corona: restaurateurs are skeptical about early opening
Already last autumn, attempts were made
to react
regionally to the number of
infections
- with the so-called "Corona traffic light".
At an
incidence value
of 25 in the respective district, this switched to yellow, at 50 to red, at 100 to dark red.
This went hand in hand with tightening restrictions on public life.
Would that be a way in the interests of those affected?
“Just don't go back and forth,” says the deputy district chairman of the German Hotel and Restaurant Association, Katharina Haller from Peißenberg.
Even the one-week
opening of the restaurants
over the Christmas holidays,
which has meanwhile been discussed, was
viewed with great skepticism by the industry.
Because in the end there is a risk that the
restaurateurs will
pay extra.
"It is very time-consuming to go back to regular operations," reports the specialist.
The cold stores would have to be started up again, the dispensing system flushed, goods to be bought.
In addition, you have to get people out of short-time work.
"You can't open a week, then close again and then open again."
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She also sees problems emerging from an epidemiological point of view: “We can't say we're only opening up for the people from the district.
And when guests from regions with a
high incidence
value come to us, we run the risk that the virus will be reintroduced and we will start all over again. ”Much more important than debates about short-term openings is that the promised
state corona aid is
finally available be paid out.
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Michael Sendl, chairman of the district association in the Bavarian Trade Association, described the falling number of
infections in the district
as "brilliant news"
.
However, he warned against
jeopardizing the
successes achieved by
opening
the shops too
quickly
.
"Today this and tomorrow that - it won't work," he said.
However, there should also be planning security for those affected: "Our dream is that we will really be able to open again from February 15th." Sendl knew to report that at least the advance payments for the companies concerned were sometimes transferred very quickly.
Also
Click & Collect
have commanded the shops a real prospect.
Corona: hairdressers are desperate
The situation in the
hairdressing trade is
completely different
: "Everyone scratches their feet, could get started tomorrow," said the managing director of the district craftsmen, Roland Streim, yesterday.
The
hairdressing salons have been
closed for
ten weeks
.
Ten weeks no income, instead the business
owners
would have to advance the
short-time working allowance
for the employees and the rents.
Money from the state "has not yet been received by anyone, the
bureaucratic hurdles
are far too high," said Streim.
There are "the most sophisticated hygiene concepts" for
hairdressing salons
: "With 700,000 hairdresser visits last year, a total of
six corona infections were
registered."
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Not only for the companies, but also for the employees, the
lockdown is
now assuming existence-threatening proportions.
"There is pure despair," continues Streim.
67 percent of a hairdresser's salary as
short-time work allowance
for housing and living costs in Upper Bavaria - “that's not enough”.
This would
encourage
undeclared work
.
With all the negative side effects:
chains of infection
could not be traced, taxes and social security contributions would not be paid.
The
hairdressing trade is
also threatened with
bloodletting in the
long term
: "Last year we had 44 percent fewer new trainees than in 2019," said the managing director of the Oberland district craft association.
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