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

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. *

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 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.

Söder is already warning of the second lockdown and tightening corona penalties

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