"Stomach ache" due to the loosening of the corona in Bavaria: "We are not yet over the mountain" 

Corona virus in Bavaria: From Monday (June 15), a mask is mandatory in the Bavarian state parliament. The AfD rejects this - Ilse Aigner wants to seek the conversation.

• In Bavaria, the Corona crisis has eased further since Monday, June 8th.
• The LGL President has “abdominal pain” due to the corona loosening (see update from June 15, 10:21)
• Here you will find the basic facts about the corona virus and the corona news from Germany. We also offer you the current number of cases in Bavaria on a map. The following recommendations for corona protection measures are currently available.
  

Update from 4:25 p.m .: After almost a fifth of the employees of a Swabian  asparagus farm tested positive for the new  corona virus , there have been no new cases in the past few days. A spokesman for the district office  said on Monday that the company's 95 positive harvest helpers in Inchenhofen (Aichach-Friedberg district) and 28 contact persons had been quarantined  . The remaining approximately 400 asparagus farm helpers from Eastern Europe could have gone home. No further protective measures are necessary for the town of Inchenhofen or the district.

So far, none of the 95 positive harvest helpers had to go to a hospital. "They are not sick at all," said the spokesman. Only two of those affected had slight symptoms at all. The health authority does not rule out that the employees may have already had a Covid 19 disease before entering Germany and that the viruses have only been detected.

Corona virus in Bavaria: Landtag introduces mask requirement - Ilse Aigner wants to seek discussion with the AfD

Update from 3:42 p.m .: A mask requirement has been in force in the Bavarian state parliament since Monday - it is rejected by the AfD. "I still hope that MPs will make a voluntary commitment that everyone will wear it in the building and will therefore seek to speak to the AfD again," said Ilse Aigner (CSU) President of the German Parliament of the German Press Agency in Munich. The obligation only applied in the common areas of the state parliament, not in the parliamentary rooms.

A mask has been mandatory in the Bavarian state parliament since June 15. State President Ilse Aigner wants to talk to the AfD.

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"In the area of ​​responsibility and work of the AfD parliamentary group, the mask requirement does not apply," said a parliamentary group spokesman on Monday. The AfD group currently does not assume that there will be sanctions . 

Corona virus in the Free State: New infection numbers for Bavaria

According to the latest information, up to now 47,643 people in Bavaria have tested positive for the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus . 2536 people died who were infected with the pathogen. This was announced by the State Office for Health and Food Safety in Erlangen on Monday (at 10 a.m.) on its website. The estimated number of those recovered was 44,250 people.

Corona virus in Bavaria: mask requirement in the state parliament

Update from 12.39 p.m .: The Bavarian state parliament introduced a mandatory mask on Monday due to the corona crisis. Only in the hallway of the AfD group were no people with the prescribed protection of mouth and nose seen in the morning. In the rest of the building, the rule was implemented without exception. The AfD group was initially unavailable for comment.

"Stomach ache" due to the loosening of the corona in Bavaria: "We are not yet over the mountain" 

Update of June 15, 10:21 p.m .: Despite the easing of the anti-corona measures , the President of the Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety (LGL) does not give the all-clear. "The pandemic is not over yet," said Andreas Zapf in an interview that several media released on Monday. "It is therefore important that everyone continues to adhere to the distance rules , the mask requirement and the cough and sneeze labels." Even with cold symptoms such as cough, you should continue to stay at home and call your doctor.

"From an epidemiological point of view, the easing is of course associated with a little stomachache, but the lockdown also has far-reaching economic, social and social consequences," argued Zapf. That must always be considered in its entirety.

The LGL chief was unable to make a forecast on the question of whether there would be a second wave of infections . "But it is clear that we, and I mean every one of us, have to try everything to prevent this from happening," he replied. Because there is still no vaccine and no effective medication. "We are not yet over the mountain." He also does not believe in a vaccine this year, "although many facilities around the world are researching at full speed and a lot of money is being invested here," Zapf continued.

Update from June 14, 8:23 p.m .:  Deportation flights were not possible during Corona weddings. Now the situation is easing - and Bavaria's interior minister wants to return to "normalcy" in this field too.

Corona in Bavaria: Mask requirement in the Bavarian state parliament - right from the start there is a scandal

Update from 5.40 p.m .: Immediately after the introduction of a mask requirement in the Bavarian state parliament this Monday, there is a scandal due to the announced disregard by the AfD group . Immediately after the obligation to wear a mask was announced, the party leadership announced that it did not want to comply with it in its “area of ​​work and responsibility”. Instead, they rely on the maturity of their employees and visitors. The AfD is also a critic of the mask requirement that applies to shops and public transport. She sees - like some conspiracy theorists - an impermissible patronizing of citizens.

State President Ilse Aigner (CSU) then announced that she would reserve the right to take further steps if the rule was disregarded. In the event of violations, there could be a special meeting of the Council of Elders on the following sanctions. Depending on the interpretation of the Landtag's house rules, visitors may be prohibited from entering the building. All employees in the state parliament are also encouraged to refrain from actions that affect the activity of the state parliament, its committees, organs and facilities. This could also mean disregarding the obligation to wear a mask .

After consulting Aigner with all parliamentary groups and a virologist, the obligation to cover the mouth and nose for infection protection reasons applies to all persons in the state parliament from Monday (June 15), with the exception of the deputies. This could not be prescribed to you because of the freedom of the parliamentary mandate. For them, however, there is an "urgent recommendation" to wear a protective mask.

Coronavirus in Bavaria: State Office publishes new infection numbers

Update from June 14, 3:54 p.m .:  A total of 47,629 Corona cases have now been confirmed in Bavaria . The State Office for Health and Food Safety announced on Sunday. As of June 14, 1037, 2,537 people have died in connection with the virus. The estimated number of people recovered is 44,200.

Four new coronavirus cases were confirmed in Munich on Sunday. So far, a total of 6,572 infections have been reported in the state capital. 

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Corona crisis in Bavaria: Public transport timetables have been adjusted

Update of June 13, 6:28 p.m .: In the Corona crisis, the timetables of public transport have also been adjusted, since far fewer people were on the move. But this also changes with increasing relaxation of the measures in Bavaria. In the coming weeks in particular, significantly more passengers are expected again. This is mainly due to the fact that a large proportion of the pupils are to be taught in schools again and that Pentecost holidays also end. 

For this reason, the public transport timetable will be adjusted this Sunday (June 14). More vehicles are to be used again, as the BR reports. All public transport in Bavaria should use all vehicles again after the Pentecost holidays. So there are more buses and trains running again. There are clock amplifiers in the cities again. The repeater trains, which according to the report are also used for excursion regions and for commuters, should provide more space on the trains and buses. This should make it easier to maintain the distance between passengers.

Nevertheless, the local transport companies appeal to their passengers to take care of themselves and the health of others.

Corona in Bavaria: Almost 100 people are infected on the asparagus farm - Even cases in asylum accommodation have rude consequences 

Update of June 13, 3:03 pm:  According to the latest figures from the State Office for Health and Food Safety in Erlangen, 47,613 people have now tested positive for the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus. 2536 people died from the virus-induced disease Covid-19. The state office announced on Saturday (as of 10:00 a.m.) on its website. The estimated number of those recovered was 44,140 people.

Corona crisis causes flood of proceedings in Bavaria's courts

Update of June 13, 2020: The corona crisis has also had a severe impact on the Bavarian judiciary. A real flood of proceedings was triggered by the pandemic. Hundreds of cases and urgent proceedings related to the crisis have already been brought to justice - and many more are likely to follow.

Corona crisis triggers a flood of proceedings at the Bavarian Administrative Court

At the Bavarian Administrative Court alone, according to a spokeswoman, around 90 urgent standards control procedures and 16 standards control procedures have already been carried out in connection with the measures to contain the pandemic.

Corona limits concern the judiciary: that's what the proceedings are about

According to a court spokeswoman, the main focus was initially on the exit restrictions in Bavaria in general or on the requirement to quarantine after returning from risk areas . It also dealt with freedom of association and retail regulations, which, according to the court, were a focus. 

At the six administrative courts in Ansbach, Augsburg, Bayreuth, Munich, Regensburg and Würzburg, a total of 129 preliminary legal protection proceedings and 35 main cases have already been settled, as the Administrative Court announced on request. 55 main cases and 26 urgent cases were still pending (as of June 2).

Hotel complains against Corona ban: wellness area may open

Update from 10.15 p.m .:  A hotel in the Bavarian Forest has filed a lawsuit against a ban by the Bavarian state government - and got it right. It is now allowed to open parts of its wellness area again. The Bavarian hotel and restaurant association Dehoga uses the opportunity to put pressure on the state government of Markus Söder (CSU) - he calls for further easing.

Association head Thomas Geppert called on Friday shortly after the verdict of the Regensburg administrative court, a reaction: The government should act "flexibly and quickly" "to prevent a wave of lawsuits and prevent further damage to the industry".

Geppert described the situation of Bavarian hoteliers in drastic terms. Families with children in particular switched to Austria and other federal states - also because of the blocked wellness and spa areas in Bavarian accommodations . “Series of cancellations of stays booked in advance as well as no new bookings prove this impressively. But entire municipalities also suffer from the fact that their spas are currently not allowed to be open, which means great damage for the local hotel industry, indeed the whole town. ”

Corona in Bavaria: now almost 100 infected people at Spargelhof - management at a loss

Update from 5.50 p.m .: 95 people have now tested positive for the new corona virus at an asparagus farm in the district of Aichach-Friedberg . 525 employees were examined, said the district office on Friday in Aichach. "At the moment, all contact persons of the patients are being identified." However, the test persons had shown no symptoms of Covid 19 disease at the time of the smear, the authority said, referring to the health department. Twenty-four hours earlier, there were 21 patients.

The management of Lohner Agrar GmbH said on Friday that in view of the precautions such as setting up their own supermarket, their own canteen with spacing arrangements and accommodating them in one or two-person rooms, they had no explanation for how the virus spreads to the yard has come. With reference to the authorities and because the swab test does not differentiate between active and dead viruses in the throat area, people may have been through an illness before entering the country .

The positively tested employees and some contact persons initially remained in quarantine in the company's own apartments and would be cared for free of charge. "In the next few days, the health department will decide how long the quarantine lasts and when the affected harvest helpers can return from abroad to their home countries," it said. Several negatively tested people have already returned to Romania or have returned to their home country in the next few days.

A young person is found dead on Autobahn 3 near Schwarzach, * there is no trace of the person who caused the accident.

Corona in Bavaria: Infection in asylum accommodation has serious consequences

Update from 5:10 p.m .:  After a resident of a community accommodation for asylum seekers in Weiden in the Upper Palatinate has been infected with the corona virus, more than 50 other residents must be put in quarantine as a precaution. The health department tested 36 residents on Friday for the virus, said the government of the Upper Palatinate.

Since the contact persons could not be tracked safely, the health department quarantined the entire building concerned . It was initially unclear how long the 55 residents, including small children, may not leave their rooms. A catering service provides the residents with food, it said.

The Weiden shared accommodation consists of a total of six separate buildings, in which a total of 140 people currently live.

At the recommendation of at least two meters safety distance can Escaped in mass accommodation did not keep because of their living conditions. The Robert Koch Institute therefore raises the alarm and makes urgent recommendations.

Corona in Bavaria: wellness again? Hotel files Söder ban - and wins

Update from 4.35 p.m .: How much wellness is allowed in times of Corona ? A hotel has now sued a ban by the Bavarian state government - and got it right.

The administrative court of Regensburg ruled on Friday: The wellness area of ​​a hotel can also be used in Corona times if the hygiene requirements are complied with. In a provisional order, the court found that the Bavarian Infection Prevention Ordinance "does not prevent the operation of an indoor pool or sauna ".

A hotel operator in the Bavarian Forest had sued and her house has a wellness area both inside and out. According to paragraph 11 of the regulation, such leisure facilities are actually closed. The hotel operator wanted to open her wellness areas with a hygiene protection concept. Now she can do that too. The opening of a steam bath and an infrared cabin was rejected. 

A general wave of wellness across the Bavarian hotel industry is at least acute but not to be expected: the decision only applies to the specific hotel in the Bavarian Forest . At the same time, the judges said that the pandemic was not over. However, the government should have come to the conclusion that, given the current state of affairs, "less restrictive protection and hygiene measures are also suitable".

Corona loosening becomes a controversial topic: Greens lose patience - "overdue"

Update from 12.56 p.m .: Bavaria's Greens are demanding that the state government re-register larger party events . “Now it is more than overdue to enable party meetings again. It cannot and must not be that political decision-making on the ground is hindered and massively slowed down, ”said head of state Eva Lettenbauer on Friday in Munich. Parties are essential social institutions, especially in Corona times. “We need the possibility of holding elections in a legally secure manner. There is a very high demand for this, especially after the local elections. ”

Corona crisis in Bavaria: Minister is criticized

Update of June 12, 10.33 p.m .: From Monday, further easing of the corona measures will apply. For example, preschool children and siblings can then go back to kindergarten or daycare. From July 1st, all children should be able to return. The basic condition for the opening is the adherence to extensive hygiene rules - and that is exactly what poses problems for many kindergartens.

Since the educators should not switch between the groups, there is a lack of staff in many places to look after the children in emergency groups in accordance with the applicable corona regulations . Brigitte Schmalz, director of the Evangelical House for Children in Weilheim, told Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) that childcare cannot be organized in small groups at the moment, because she simply lacks the staff. Politicians hope that toddler care and pedagogy will be taken as seriously as the needs of school children. 

Coronavirus in Bavaria: Day care problem - Minister rejects allegations

This is how numerous educators in the entire Free State are doing at the moment. For this reason, many have long accused politicians of a lack of solidarity with the educators. Bavaria's Minister of Family Affairs Carolina Trautner has now rejected exactly this accusation in an interview with the BR : "We are of course aware that this is a very special situation in kindergarten: Because the children cannot keep their distance, because the educators cannot protect themselves with a mouth-nose covering. And that is why we have also developed supportive hygiene concepts that we give to daycare centers. ”However, it is primarily the municipalities and the agency that are responsible.

Part of the concept is to create fixed groups in the kindergartens. According to Trautner, this could prevent the entire facility from being closed immediately in the event of an infection . The CSU politicians emphasized that children with symptoms of illness should not enter the daycare centers. The family minister further told the BR that she had set the wrong priorities for the easing. She explained that people had always tried to weigh things up and loosen them up step by step. There is, for example, no easing anywhere without restrictions. If the number of infections remains at a low level, all children could go back to daycare on July 1st, she emphasized.

Corona virus in Bavaria: Landkreis Aichach-Friedberg is a corona hotspot in Germany

Update from June 11, 6.45 p.m .: The district of Aichach-Friedberg in the east of Augsburg is the new Corona hotspot in Germany. As the Robert Koch Institute announced in its daily management report, the number of  new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in the last seven days in the district has been 56.1. 

Coronavirus: Bavarian district is Germany's corona hotspot - new infections exceed critical value

Aichach-Friedberg is the only district in Germany to exceed the prescribed limit of 50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. The rapid increase is mainly due to the corona - the outbreak due to an asparagus farm (see Update 15:02). The novel corona virus has so far been found in at least 21 harvest workers . A total of 500 employees were tested. 

As the district office announced, the cases are limited to the asparagus farm and so a spread can be largely prevented. The infection numbers in the rest of the district are still unremarkable. 

Update, 3:51 p.m .:  The mountain huts in Bavaria have been able to receive overnight guests again after the corona lockdown - but hut owners despair of the strict corona requirements *.

Corona virus: "Irresponsible" - Bavaria is reprimanding a neighboring country - Tests with 500 employees on Spargelhof

Update 15:02:  In Bavaria are according to the latest information so far 47,539 people positive for the coronavirus been tested. 2532 people died who were infected with the pathogen. The State Office for Health and Food Safety announced this Thursday (June 11) on its website. The estimated number of people recovered is 43,960.

Corona: "Irresponsible" - Bavaria is reprimanding a neighboring country - tests with 500 employees on Spargelhof

Update from 2:26 pm:  After there was a corona outbreak on an asparagus farm in Aichach-Friedberg in Bavaria  and 21 harvest helpers tested positive for the virus, tests were now carried out with 500 other employees of the company. The Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety has now announced that there are other corona cases among those tested . With 200 of these employees, the result is still pending, it was said. No symptoms occurred in any of the test persons. The new infection numbers are to be announced on Monday.

Apparently, however, the new Corona cases in Aichach-Friedberg are largely limited to the asparagus farm : "Outside the asparagus farm, the number of infected people in the district is still completely unremarkable, was recently zero," said the district office.

Corona: "Irresponsible" - Bavaria reprimands a neighboring country and gives citizens hope for relaxation

Update of June 11, 10:40 am:  The Bavarian youth hostels struggling for their survival receive around 5.8 million euros in corona support from the state government. "The youth hostels offer young people valuable opportunities to meet and do important educational work," said Minister of Social Affairs Carolina Trautner (CSU) on Wednesday (June 10). The existence of the national association of the German Youth Hostel Association (DJH) should now be secured through the aid payments from the Corona social program of the state government.

The hostels are likely to Bavaria by the Corona pandemic not be lost, stressed Trautner. The program also provides for compensation of up to 60 percent of the lost revenue by the end of July 2020 and other relief measures.

Corona: "Irresponsible" - Bavaria reprimands a neighboring country and gives citizens hope for relaxation

Update from 15.35: Bavaria's government has massively criticized the lifting of contact restrictions in neighboring Thuringia. "It is irresponsible for the Thuringian government to stick to its controversial course in dealing with the corona pandemic, " said Health Minister Melanie Huml (CSU) in Munich on Wednesday. Although the number of infections declined across Germany, "we are not yet over the mountain". Huml referred in particular to the "slightly increased number of infections from the Bavarian point of view exactly on the border with Thuringia and also in Thuringia itself, for example in the district of Sonneberg ".

"It is now very important that the necessary distance regulations and hygiene concepts as well as the mask requirement are adhered to," she emphasized. Prudence and caution are still particularly important. The successes achieved so far should not be gambled away.

Bavaria will continue to monitor closely and be vigilant about the effects of the easing, emphasized Huml. "If the course of infection continues to be favorable, changes to the general contact restrictions will also come into consideration in Bavaria in the foreseeable future". But it was too early to make a decision about it.

Meanwhile, new studies shed light on the role of children in the spread of the coronavirus.

Coronavirus in Bavaria: A total of 47,496 people tested positive

Update from 2:15 p.m .: According to the latest information, 47,496 people in Bavaria have so far been tested positive for the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus . 2527 people died who were infected with the pathogen. This was announced by the State Office for Health and Food Safety in Erlangen on Wednesday (at 10 a.m.) on its website. The estimated number of people recovered was 43,880.

Update of June 10, 11:25 am: In the course of the Corona crisis , a curfew was introduced for restaurants in Bavaria . According to the head of the FDP parliamentary group, Martin Hagen, this must be abolished. “The restrictions are no longer proportionate. The Corona curfew has to go, restaurants should also be allowed to open after 10 p.m. ” He said that in Munich on Wednesday. In Bavaria there are only about 1000 active corona cases with around 13 million inhabitants - the tendency is falling. At the same time, many restaurants fought for survival.

However, another number is currently developing less positively than the number of active cases in Bavaria. The (Germany-wide) number of reproductions has been above the critical mark of 1 in the past three days, the Robert Koch Institute reported.

Corona virus in Bavaria: mask requirement decided in the state parliament - but one faction refuses

Update from June 9, 6:50 p.m .:  The AfD parliamentary group does not want to implement the mandatory mask * from Monday (June 15) throughout the Bavarian state parliament in its own offices and work areas. She will not follow the decision of President Ilse Aigner (CSU) of the state parliament and will not introduce a mask requirement for employees and members of parliament in the area of ​​work and responsibility of the AfD parliamentary group , the group said. Instead, she appeals to the consent of every employee and visitor in the state parliament .

Parliamentary Managing Director Christoph Maier said: “It doesn't make sense why the strict mask requirement should apply to employees and visitors, but not to MPs. The AfD parliamentary group does not support this contradiction and generally speaks out against a mask requirement in the Maximilianeum. "

Last Monday (June 8), the state parliament announced that, after consulting Aigner with the parliamentary leaders of the parliamentary groups and the virologist Oliver T. Keppler, there was a mask requirement in the Maximilianeum from June 15. However, it did not apply to Members of Parliament , since they could not be required to only be allowed to exercise their mandates with a mask . An "urgent recommendation" applies to them.

Corona virus in Bavaria: conditions for tourism and trade no longer relaxed

Update from 12.14 p.m .: Despite various demands by free voters , the corona requirements for tourism and trade should not be relaxed any further in Bavaria this week . "It is a pity that there are no further easing ," said parliamentary leader Florian Streibl on Tuesday (June 9). At the weekend, Streibl, in joint crisis management with the coalition partner CSU, called for a weakening of the current travel restrictions and regulations on infection protection - even before Corpus Christi. Without further easing, distortions of competition to the detriment of the Bavarian economy are to be feared, especially in the border regions.

Corona crisis in Bavaria: Tourism in Bavaria collapses due to the corona crisis

Due to the Corona crisis, only a fraction of the usual guests stayed at Bavaria's hotels and guest houses in April . The approximately 6,400 accommodation facilities still open had reported about 173,000 guest arrivals for April, the State Office for Statistics announced on Tuesday in Fürth. That means a minus of 94.5 percent compared to April 2019. The number of overnight stays shrank to around 800,000 - a decrease of 89.8 percent compared to the same month last year.

The otherwise popular camping practically did not take place in April - the minus here was 99.8 percent for arrivals and 99.4 percent for overnight stays. The April balance sheet looks little better for youth hostels and mountain huts. In April, almost half of all 12,000 accommodation establishments closed completely at 46.5 percent. Looking at the first third of the year, the balance sheet is devastatingly bad. From January to April, 42.2 percent fewer guests arrived in Bavaria. The number of overnight stays decreased by 37.3 percent compared to the same period in the previous year.

Update from 10.51 a.m .:  The coronavirus crisis has drastically changed life, also in shopping behavior. Some things could remain after the crisis, especially in the digital world. An online supermarket therefore wants to open earlier than planned - in Munich. It could compete for the existing chains.

Corona virus in Bavaria: Free State sends returnees to Sweden in quarantine

Update from 10.13 a.m .: Bavaria sends returnees to Sweden for two weeks in quarantine . "As long as Sweden exceeds this incidence, the Free State of Bavaria also applies to quarantine when entering or returning from Sweden," said a spokesman for the Bavarian Ministry of Health on Tuesday. Because then the corresponding regulation of the Entry Quarantine Ordinance (EQV) will take effect , in which the critical brand is specified with a "number of new infections in relation to the population of more than 50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants cumulatively in the last seven days". Several federal states have already formulated a quarantine obligation for people entering from Sweden. The reason is the corona development there

Update from 8:57 a.m .:  This semester is unusual for Bavaria's students: Because of the Corona crisis, they study primarily on the Internet. The exams will also run differently than normal: Several options are under discussion. *

New easing for Bavaria since Monday: An industry remains outside - and now wants to demonstrate

Announcement of origin from June 9, 6.57 a.m.

Munich - On Tuesday (June 9th) service providers from the wedding industry want to draw attention to their difficult situation in Corona times with a demonstration in the Bavarian capital at 10 a.m.

"The wedding industry came to a standstill when Corona began ," said Munich wedding planner Doreen Winking, who helped organize the protest. "The easing that is coming is not enough for us." This year, she was supposed to organize twelve weddings - all had failed.

Corona virus in Bavaria: the wedding industry protests in Munich

The protest is not about questioning the corona measures as a whole, “but an entire industry has practically no income - and that will continue until the end of the year. We need solutions and answers . "

Not only wedding planners are affected, but also musicians or the operators of wedding locations . According to estimates, the industry in Germany has lost up to a billion euros as a result of the corona pandemic, said Winking. "Hundreds of wedding receptions were canceled - thousands probably."

Corona virus in the Free State: Aid hospitals in Bavaria are being dismantled again

The corona pandemic in Bavaria also led to the fact that auxiliary hospitals were built - but then the crisis turned out to be much more mild than feared. That is why these auxiliary hospitals are being dismantled again. Some were not started at all, according to a survey by the German Press Agency. The test capacities, on the other hand, are to be massively expanded.

"To what extent the expansion of the tests to the currently existing 124 Bavarian test centers will have a concrete impact is not yet clear," said Health Minister Melanie Huml (CSU) . The tests are to be strengthened in particular for groups of people who are particularly at risk or who work in the so-called critical infrastructure. "In addition, in the Free State of Bavaria, people who do not show any typical symptoms of a corona infection should also be given the opportunity to be tested," says Huml. Details would still be worked out.

Coronavirus in Bavaria: Government sees itself prepared for an increase in the number of infections

According to the information, seven such auxiliary hospitals were set up in the Upper Bavaria region alone . With the exception of Erding, all have been or will be dismantled. According to a spokesman for the district government, three auxiliary hospitals in Schwandorf, Oberviechtach and Waldsassen as well as a makeshift hospital in Weiden were built in the Upper Palatinate. Only the locations in Schwandorf and Oberviechtach are on standby.

Despite the dismantling of the auxiliary hospitals, the authorities are well prepared for a possible increase in the number of infections . A spokeswoman for the government of Upper Franconia, where the concepts had not previously been necessary in the course of the pandemic , said, for example: "In the event of the occurrence of a second wave of Covid-19 disease, additional inpatient treatment capacities could be ensured on a very short-term basis."

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