The corona crisis affects the whole world. Germany is one of the most affected countries. However, the situation in eastern Germany is not as bad as in the west.
- The corona virus pandemic hits Germany hard.
- The number of infected people is one of the highest in the world.
- The new federal states in the east are less affected than the west.
10:02 pm: In Thuringia , a complete place was quarantined . Neustadt am Rennsteig in the rural community Großbreitenbach in the Thuringian Ilm district will be isolated for two weeks, reports the MDR .
The spokeswoman for the district office said that the 900 residents were informed of the quarantine by loudspeaker announcement. A crisis team will advise on how to proceed. The supply of the citizens should be ensured.
The reason for the quarantine are six people from Neustadt am Rennsteig who are infected with the corona virus. The health department has found a total of 69 contact persons for the infected. There is an increased risk of infection.
According to the district office, access to the place is only permitted in exceptional cases and under full protection.
Coronavirus: Saxony decides exit restriction
4.48 p.m .: The state of Saxony is now tightening the measures to contain the corona pandemic . Starting Monday midnight, there is an exit restriction for the entire Free State. Afterwards, leaving the apartment or house for no good reason is prohibited, as State Interior Minister Roland Wöller (CDU) said on Sunday in Dresden. Ways to work and shop remain allowed. Sports and exercise in the fresh air as well as visiting your own allotment garden are still possible.
It is about reducing people's physical contacts to an absolute minimum, said Wöller. The restrictions initially apply for two weeks.
Corona virus: Germany decides to ban contacts
Update of March 22, 2020, 4:01 p.m .: The federal and state governments want to resolve a comprehensive ban on contact in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus * . Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and the state premiers agreed on a telephone conference on Sunday to fundamentally ban gatherings of more than two people, according to information from the German Press Agency. Families and people living in a household should be excluded.
A group of twelve countries had already agreed in principle to a comprehensive ban on contacts before the switching conference. These included Baden-Württemberg, Berlin, Brandenburg , Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania , Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Schleswig-Holstein and Thuringia .
Coronavirus: Eastern states are less affected by coronavirus
First message from March 22, 2020:
Dresden - The coronavirus pandemic has the whole world under control. Public life stands still almost everywhere. The number of infected and dead increases dramatically every day. Germany is also badly affected by the virus. In Europe there are only more infected people in Italy and Spain. Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and North Rhine-Westphalia are particularly badly affected. The new federal states in the east of the republic have significantly fewer people infected.
Coronavirus: East Germany less affected
According to data from Johns Hopkins University , 23,937 people in Germany are infected with the coronavirus (as of March 22, 3:45 p.m.). Most of the cases come from NRW (7,361), Bavaria (4,457) and Baden-Württemberg (3,818). The numbers are much lower in the east. Berlin (1,025) is most affected, followed by Saxony (650), Brandenburg (315), Thuringia (307), Saxony-Anhalt (269) and Mecklenburg-West Pomerania (182).
However, the economic consequences could hit eastern Germany more than the western federal states. Almost 30 years after the turnaround, the economic structure is still significantly weaker. In addition, many companies in the west have larger reserves due to the usually longer company history and can thus absorb losses better.
Corona virus: Measures more hesitant than in the West
While individual federal states such as Bavaria * and Saarland pushed ahead with measures such as complete school closures or exit restrictions * and introduced them before the other federal states, most of the new federal states, like others from the west, were more hesitant.
They decided to take similar measures later and sometimes not as drastically. Saxony, for example, quickly followed suit. The federal state wants to punish crowds in times of the corona crisis . Violations of regulations by the authorities should be punishable by a prison sentence of up to two years, said Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU) on Friday. The basis is the Infection Protection Act . An order of magnitude for collections was not mentioned.
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