Shortly before New Year's Eve, there is a new record for corona deaths in Germany.
Jens Spahn and RKI boss Lothar Wieler comment on the current situation in a press conference.
At 11 a.m., Health Minister
Jens Spahn
and RKI boss
Lothar Wieler
comment on
the
current corona situation in Germany
.
Even after the planned
end of
lockdown *
on January 10th, there will be "no doubt measures," said
Spahn
.
Privileges for vaccinated people
are “right and important” in the opinion of the Minister of Health.
Update from December 30th, 10:59 a.m.:
At the federal press
conference,
Health Minister
Jens Spahn
and RKI boss
Lothar Wieler
comment on
the current situation in Germany.
Corona in Germany: Spahn and RKI boss Wieler speak in a PK on the current situation
First
report
from December 30th:
Berlin - One day before the turn of the year, the
Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported
a new sad high.
For the first time in Germany,
more than 1000 people died
in connection with the
coronavirus
within 24 hours
.
In total, the health authorities reported 1129 new
deaths to
the RKI
.
In addition, the health authorities recorded 22,459 new infections.
At 11 a.m., Federal Health
Minister
Jens Spahn
(CDU)
and RKI boss
Lothar Wieler
want to
speak
at a federal press conference on the current
Corona situation *
in
Germany
.
In view of this, an extension of the current
lockdown
beyond January 10th
seems
inevitable.
Spahn agreed the population on Tuesday evening in the
ARD topics of the day
.
He said that when it came to containing the
corona pandemic *
, Germany was "still far from where we have to be".
Therefore, according to Spahn, after January 10th there will be "
no doubt measures
" *.
To what extent would the federal and state governments have
to decide
at their planned
conference
next Tuesday, January 5th.
Then Federal Chancellor
Angela Merkel
(CDU) and the Prime Minister
want to
discuss how to proceed after the planned end of the lockdown.
Does the #lockdown have to continue after January 10th, 2021?
I asked @jensspahn that.
The whole interview today at 11:15 pm, on good old TV.
#corona #inoculation pic.twitter.com/l7cXDru1xk
- Tagesthemen (@tagesthemen) December 29, 2020
Corona in Germany: Spahn considers privileges for vaccinated people to be "right and important"
Another topic at the federal press conference will probably be the start of
corona vaccinations *
in Germany.
At the beginning there were some
mishaps
.
For example, there were problems with scheduling appointments.
Spahn
explained that at the beginning, waiting times on the telephone lines could unfortunately not be avoided.
He could only ask for understanding and patience.
Since every federal state has a different system, there is “a little federal mess”.
In the opinion of the Minister of Health, it is “right and important”
to grant
vaccinated persons
certain
privileges
, such as access to restaurants.
Spahn
explained that
live
on
Bild
.
The private-commercial sector has more leeway in this matter.
According to his legal understanding, a pizzeria would only be “what is possible” for vaccinated people.
In the
public sector
and in
services of general interest
, for example in hospitals, town halls or local public transport, from his point of view no distinction can be made between vaccinated and non-vaccinated people.
(ph / dpa) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital editors network
