Due to the corona virus, more and more major events are canceled. Now it also affects the Bayreuth Festival, which has been running uninterruptedly since 1951.
- Doctors are under pressure due to the corona crisis in Bavaria.
- Protective equipment such as protective masks, glasses and disposable gloves are missing in the practices.
- The Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians in Bavaria (KVB) raises the alarm.
- Here you will find our guide to reporting and current case numbers in Bavaria as a map.
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Update from April 1, 10:18 am: The corona crisis determines people's everyday lives - even in Bavaria. Many are worried and resort to "hamster purchases" - a discounter giant has now set an example and has brought 400,000 packages of pasta to Bavaria.
Corona in Bavaria: toy manufacturer supplies respiratory masks
9.42 p.m .: Three million respiratory masks for Bavaria and the federal government? The Upper Franconian toy manufacturer Haba takes care of that. Company spokeswoman Katharina Krappmann said on Tuesday, according to dpa: "This makes it easier for us to organize masks". The Franks have their own purchasing office in Hong Kong.
The three million protective masks are divided up differently:
- 500,000 protective masks that meet the medical criteria have already arrived and should be handed over to the association of Regiomed clinics in Coburg on Wednesday.
- Another 500,000, which are due to arrive in Germany early next week, will also be donated - for the healthcare sector in Bavaria.
- Haba procures two million masks of the FFP2 class for the Federal Ministry of Health at cost price. They should arrive in the next two weeks.
Co-Managing Director Tim Steffens said: “As a Bavarian family company, we take our social responsibility very seriously in this global crisis. In this case, we were able to procure urgently needed protective equipment through our strong international network and would like to help quickly and effectively at the state and federal level. ”
8:24 pm: As in Würzburg, there has been an accumulation of deaths in a retirement home in Schweinfurt. The health department announced on Tuesday evening that three sick people had died. They had all previous illnesses and were over 80 years old.
8:06 p.m .: Three people infected with the coronavirus died again in a nursing home in Würzburg . The district association of workers' welfare (AWO) informed on Tuesday that there were two 87 and 91 year old women and an 84 year old man. All three residents of the Hans Sponsel House had suffered from severe previous illnesses.
A total of 20 people died in the Würzburg area after a Covid 19 disease, 16 of them in the St. Nikolaus nursing home and four in the AWO facility.
Corona crisis in Bavaria: Bayreuth Festival has been canceled - for the first time since 1951
19:14: The strong beer festival at Nockherberg has been canceled, many concerts fall into the water, the European Football Championship 2020 has been postponed - now the next major event has been canceled. As BR-Classic learned from Katharina Wagner, the Bayreuth Festival 2020 was canceled.
As Katharina Wagner confirmed to BR-KLASSIK today, the Bayreuth Festival 2020 has been canceled due to the corona pandemic. More on this soon at https://t.co/bYR1rpiN9x @WagnerFestival pic.twitter.com/6u9yJV2BJl
- BR_KLASSIK (@BR_KLASSIK) March 31, 2020The Richard Wagner Festival was planned from July 25 to August 30, 2020. Since 1951 the event has taken place without interruption. It celebrated its premiere in 1876.
2:59 p.m .: Due to the Corona crisis , Memmingen Airport will be closed to regular air traffic for two weeks from April 5. During this time, only previously registered scheduled flights, rescue flights or flights with private jets could take off and land, reported Allgäu Airport.
In March the airport had to accept a decrease from around 125,000 to almost 60,000 passengers compared to the same month in the previous year. Several airlines have announced that they will no longer fly to Memmingen in April. For this reason, the terminal building will also be closed in the two weeks.
Corona crisis in Bavaria: City of Munich announces current case numbers
2:35 p.m .: Now the city of Munich has announced the current number of cases. As of Tuesday (March 31), 198 new coronavirus cases were confirmed (as of 1:30 p.m.). This means that a total of 2699 infections are currently reported in the Bavarian capital.
In # Munich, 198 new # coronavirus cases were confirmed as of Tuesday, March 31 (as of 1:30 p.m.). This means that a total of 2,699 infections are currently reported in the state capital.
Current information at https://t.co/gy6AlreVKK#bleibtsdahoam #StayHome #FlattenTheCurve pic.twitter.com/EUwlO3p5AZ
Throughout Bavaria , 15,505 people have now tested positive for the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus . This was announced by the State Office for Health and Food Safety in Erlangen on Tuesday (at 10 a.m.). So far, 191 patients who have been infected with the coronavirus have died in the Free State.
Corona in Bavaria: Bavarian state parliament cancels summer reception
2.10 p.m .: Because of the Corona crisis , there will not be the traditional summer reception of the Bavarian State Parliament at Schleißheim Palace this year. "In a video conference I informed the Presidium about this step today, which was not easy for me," said Ilse Aigner ( CSU ), President of the Landtag, in Munich on Tuesday. Even if there should be a completely different situation at the scheduled date on July 7th, such a reception would not fit in time. "We will then still feel the effects of the crisis ," she emphasized. Aigner's proposal had met with unanimous approval in the Presidium.
Corona crisis in Bavaria: short-time work for almost 20,000 BMW employees
1:20 p.m .: BMW registered just under 20,000 employees for short-time work with the employment agency in March. Most of them are employed in the Dingolfing , Munich , Regensburg and Leipzig plants, said a spokeswoman.
The carmaker had stopped production in its European factories two weeks ago due to the Corona crisis. The belts should initially be up to April 19 - after that, production should start again according to current planning.
Corona crisis: Söder live on the mask requirement in Bavaria - with a clear announcement
1 p.m .: The press conference is now over.
12.45 p.m .: When asked whether there is a connection between the spread of coronavirus and the election workers in the Bavarian local elections, Söder said that he had no indication.
12.42 p.m .: They also agree on this point: Söder and Scholz reject euro bonds.
12.30 p.m .: Söder on the obligation to wear a mask in Bavaria: Second, the supply of masks is still critical. A general duty of high-quality masks could lead to new hamster purchases. Therefore, a mask requirement currently makes little sense. There will be another round of talks tomorrow. Everyone is free to provide their own masks and to protect themselves and others. The high-quality masks should go to the hospital staff and nursing homes first. The need is greatest there. The supply chains from abroad would have to be improved. Germany also needs its own production of masks and breathing apparatus. Here, too, he agrees with Finance Minister Scholz.
12.27 p.m .: Question about the mask requirement +++
Scholz: First of all, we have to make sure that we have enough masks for everyone. Then you could continue talking. There are also very advanced tech projects including data protection to manage the spread of corona viruses.
Söder: The development of new infections is still critical. Currently there are still less than 10 percent new infections per day. There is no reason to give the all-clear. There is no reason to be careless. Must use the time until April 20 to flatten the curve further.
12.25 p.m .: There are still a few questions for the two of them. Scholz: In a few days a concrete solution for tax repayments over the year will be found.
12:23: Scholz assumes that all measures will take effect and bring the economy over the crisis.
12.19 p.m .: In concrete terms, the tax deferrals offered are in great demand. In the next step, KfW will ensure that all banks are still able to grant loans to their companies.
12.17 p.m .: Federal Finance Minister Olaf Scholz (SPD) spoke. "It is the largest economic stimulus program ever in Germany." It was thus possible to maintain trust. "We want to and will get through this together. Also with the prosperity that has been fought for under land and with the welfare state. "
12.16 p.m .: Söder is ready. It was primarily about the Bavaria rescue package for medium-sized companies in Bavaria. He compared the measures with a bypass operation, the first thing is to survive. Only then can the economic stimulus program begin.
12.15 p.m .: The 40 billion euros that Bavaria is making available consists of a wide variety of measures. Above all, different loans and state guarantees that larger companies can avail themselves of.
Markus Söder live on financial aid during the Corona crisis in Bavaria
12.10 p.m .: Help can be availed of any self-employed person via an online form. Anyone who has a loss of revenue due to the Corona crisis can take advantage of it.
12.07 clock: Söder speaks now.
12.05 p.m .: Söder is still not there. We eagerly await how the 40 billion rescue package for Bavaria should work. And whether there are new measures.
11:58: Söder is not yet speaking. The main topic of the PC will be financial aid. That is why Federal Finance Minister Olaf Scholz (SPD) is also present this time. The federal government should take care of the small entrepreneurs in Bavaria. The state of Bavaria will take care of larger companies with eleven employees or more.
11.50 a.m .: The press conference with Markus Söder should start on time. Many wonder if he says anything about a possible mask requirement. This is already the case in other countries. It has now also been implemented in Jena. Söder avoided the question in the morning magazine.
11.35 a.m .: In about 20 minutes, Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder wants to step in front of the camera.
Söder press conference on Corona crisis live here shortly
+++ Markus Söder will shortly be speaking live in a press conference on the corona crisis. Follow the PK live here in the ticker and above in the stream +++
Corona in Bavaria: Doctors are running out of protective masks - 60 practices are already closed
Original article from March 31: Munich - Our doctors are under increasing pressure because they are running out of protective masks. By the end of last week, around 60 practices had already ceased operations, the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians in Bavaria (KVB) announced on Monday.
"Two weeks ago, there were still individual cases that practices close, doctors are now increasingly announcing that they will close their practices," said a spokesman. No doctor could be expected to treat patients without adequate protective equipment. There is still a glaring lack of equipment in many of the approximately 18,000 practices in the Free State.
Also read: Corona hotspots in Upper Bavaria - Was the Rosenheim beer festival reason for rapid spread? *
Corona crisis in Bavaria: Doctors run out of protective masks - KVB expresses itself
The KVB welcomed the announcement by the state government that it would now centrally organize the procurement and distribution of protective materials to clinics , medical practices and other facilities . "If a million protective masks have allegedly arrived in Bavaria, the practices rightly expect that they will immediately receive a substantial portion of them." Psychotherapists should also receive masks.
So far, the KVB had also distributed material. For this purpose, individual batches with masks from the federal government's order arrived last week, the association said. In some cases, however, the necessary certification, which should now be achieved retrospectively, is missing.
Corona virus in Bavaria: respiratory masks for everyone?
The federal government has now procured 20 million urgently needed respirators for the fight against the corona virus. They were delivered to countries and statutory health insurance associations for distribution to clinics, medical practices and nursing homes, according to a spokesman for the Ministry of Health. Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder said that Siemens will also make one million masks available for the whole of Germany every week.
The Austrian government yesterday imposed a mouthguard requirement for supermarket purchases . Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced that the masks will be distributed to customers in the markets so that all citizens receive the material. Homemade masks would also be accepted. Government spokesman Steffen Seibert said that "maybe" is a useful addition to the hygiene rules. The Bavarian government also seems to have already considered such a measure, as Söder admits: "To be honest, we are also concerned with the idea." However, there are still no concrete plans.
Virologist Christian Drosten explains to the Germans why it makes sense to wear alternative protective masks. Virologist Alexander Kekulé also demands that everyone in public should wear surgical masks to protect others from coronavirus infection.
A pediatrician from Munich raised the alarm a few weeks ago - protective clothing was becoming scarcer in her practice.
In Germany there is discussion about the introduction of cell phone data monitoring - according to a virologist that would be "crazy".
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