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New corona rules: Merkel and states agree - only Bavaria refuses on two points

2020-08-27T12:43:49.182Z


The corona numbers are increasing across Germany. Markus Söder calls for a uniform approach. The Bavarian Prime Minister is also willing to compromise.


The corona numbers are increasing across Germany. Markus Söder calls for a uniform approach. The Bavarian Prime Minister is also willing to compromise.

  • The number of corona infections is increasing across Germany.
  • Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder calls for a uniform approach before the state leaders meet with Angela Merkel.
  • The CSU boss is also willing to compromise.
  • Here you can find the Corona news from Germany. We also offer you the current number of cases in Bavaria in a map. *

Update from 2:25 p.m.: The press conference with Chancellor Angela Merkel has still not started after a video switch with the Prime Minister. The press conference was originally announced for 1 p.m.

Update from 1:35 p.m.: In Bavaria, violations of the mask requirement remain significantly more expensive than in the rest of Germany. According to information from the German Press Agency (dpa), even after the federal and state governments have agreed on a uniform minimum fine of 50 euros for violations, another 250 euros will be due. According to reports, there should continue to be the possibility in the Free State for travelers returning from non-risk areas to be tested directly free of charge at motorways, airports and train stations. In a resolution paper, the federal government proposes no longer offering free corona tests for travelers from non-risk areas from mid-September.

According to dpa information at their video conference at noon, the federal and state governments agreed to levy a fine of at least 50 euros for violations of the mask requirement. Only Saxony-Anhalt's Prime Minister Reiner Haseloff (CDU) announced that he did not want to implement the regulation in his country.

The federal-state talks on the #Corona measures are ongoing in the Chancellery. Chancellor #Merkel and MP @Markus_Soeder, who is chairman of the Prime Minister's Conference, consult with their colleagues via video link. pic.twitter.com/Rsu6WN95tR

- Steffen Seibert (@RegSsprecher) August 27, 2020

Update from 1:11 p.m.: The press conference has not yet started. There is currently no more detailed information on how long it will take.

Update from 12.43 p.m .: Today the country leaders are meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel on the current corona situation. The results of the meeting will be presented at a press conference. You can follow them here in the live ticker and stream from 1 p.m.

Update from 10:07 a.m.: Before discussing the corona strategy with Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Prime Minister, Markus Söder called for long-term planning. "It would be good if we try to develop long-term management now ," he said with a view to dealing with travelers returning from risk areas on Thursday in the ZDF "Morgenmagazin".

Laboratories and also health services need a longer-term perspective for their work. The last change of course brought into play by Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) from mandatory tests to new quarantine regulations was "very quick". “That doesn't seem to be really well thought out,” said Söder.

Söder criticizes Spahn's Corona proposal - but is willing to compromise: "I totally understand if ..."

First report from August 27, 9:14 a.m .: Berlin - mask requirement, fines and permits for major events. According to Markus Söder *, all of this should depend on the regional level of infection in Germany . "I have total understanding when in a district in which the number of infections is very low, that you don't automatically have to apply the same strict rules here as there, where they are developing very strongly," said the Bavarian Prime Minister on Wednesday evening on the ARD talk show "Maischberger" . He hoped that the federal and state governments could agree on a mechanism at their conference on Thursday that would make this possible.

Corona in Bavaria: Prime ministers discuss the procedure with Chancellor Angela Merkel

Söder stressed that he also a continuation of the Corona-test requirement for returning travelers hope. He thinks the plan submitted by Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn * (CDU) with the end of mandatory testing after the summer season is not correct. "That's why I hope that we will shed some light on tomorrow at the Prime Minister's Conference," said the CSU boss in the ARD talk.

However, Söder was ready to compress the question even under certain conditions. Here "it would be important to me if a good quarantine regulation takes effect and the feasibility is guaranteed, then you can talk about other strategies," he emphasized. The quarantine regulation after the summer break, preferred by Spahn and the majority of the state health ministers instead of mandatory testing, could not be implemented sensibly. Therefore, at least "until a meaningful and comprehensible quarantine regulation" can be implemented, the mandatory tests must be adhered to. Otherwise, Germany is taking a very high risk when it comes to infections.

Country leaders meet with Chancellor Merkel: Are common standards for infection protection coming?

Today, Thursday (August 27), the country leaders want to discuss the next steps in the pandemic with Chancellor Angela Merkel * . Among other things, it is a matter of defining common standards for protection against infection , despite different levels of impact .

Today the Prime Minister's Conference: We need more uniform rules for Corona. Https://t.co/orwqmXCw8K

- Markus Söder (@Markus_Soeder) August 27, 2020

Markus Söder emphasized once again that he did not understand that the mandatory test for travelers returning from risk areas was introduced in many federal states much too late overnight only two weeks ago and thus for the end of the summer holidays and that they are now being said again that we want them replace with a “quarantine regulation that does not work in practice”. In the end, those returning to quarantine would also be a burden on taxpayers .

Corona tests at Bavarian airports and motorways: Almost 300,000 tests in the Free State

Almost 300,000 tests have been carried out in the Free State since the tests * began at airports, motorways and train stations . It shows that the positive rate is “excessively proportionally high”, said Söder. Around 60 percent of those tested are citizens from other federal states.

The reproduction number R is a central value for politicians and experts in the Corona crisis. What this is all about and why it is crucial in the fight against the corona virus. * (Kam / dpa) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editorial network.

You can always read all the news from Bavaria with us.

List of rubric lists: © Kay Nietfeld / dpa / dpa-Bildfunk

Source: merkur

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