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Franziska Giffey: "In a situation in which we cannot talk about further easing"
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Federal Family Minister Franziska Giffey currently sees no scope to relax the restrictions in childcare facilities.
The number of infections is still too high.
Franziska Giffey (SPD) said after consulting with representatives of the federal states, municipalities, daycare providers, trade unions and parents.
If the infection process allows it again, the daycare facilities would have to be among the first to do this.
According to Giffey, daycare centers are generally closed in seven of 16 federal states and emergency care is offered there.
In the nine other countries, daycare centers are kept open, but with the appeal to parents to look after their children at home if possible.
The ministers of education had previously agreed on the next measures in the field of education.
According to their will, the 16 federal states should be able to decide for themselves when to start partially opening schools.
The plan of the Standing Conference (KMK) provides for a three-stage process.
"If the measures decided in December 2020 are relaxed, the schools must be there from the start," demands the KMK.
But it's not that far yet.
That means, Germany's schools should initially remain closed.
The current shutdown will run until January 10th.
The decision on how things will proceed afterwards is not made by the education ministers, but by Chancellor Angela Merkel and the heads of state of the federal states.
They meet on Tuesday.
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