Corona trouble in secret talks: Merkel confidante with a clear message to countries

Months after the outbreak of the corona pandemic, Germany cannot get the Sars-CoV-2 problem under control.

Merkel's Chancellery is said to have made a clear announcement to the federal states.

• The current

  corona development in Germany

  does not bode well - the federal government is getting nervous.

• The

  seriousness of the situation was made clear

  in a conversation between the

  Chancellery

  and the

  federal states

  .

• The

  government

  allegedly doubts the

  correctness of the

  separate approach of

  the individual countries.

Berlin - In the meantime it looked as if Germany was

getting the

under control: Measures were taken, the number of infections fell, even bars and restaurants are now reopening - and football can be played.

But the signs of the feared "second wave" * are growing.

Autumn is just around the corner and the number of infections with the

.

This affects other countries even more than Germany, but in view of the imminent temperature change *, the federal government is sounding the alarm.

What has been laboriously fought for in the past few months threatens to be lost again.

Corona in Germany: "Diffuse outbreak events" worries Merkel's government

In the Federal Chancellery in Berlin there are allegedly doubts about the different handling of the federal states in the

.

On Monday, the head of the Chancellery, Helge Braun, made this clear to the representatives of the state chancelleries of the federal states.

As

reported in the

, the 47-year-old was concerned about the current situation in Germany.

+

Angela Merkel and the head of the Chancellery, Helge Braun, are troubled by the rising corona numbers in Germany.

© Michael Kappeler / dpa

Accordingly,

and Co. would have expected that after the end of the holiday season, the number of

would

inevitably

decrease.

However, this did not happen, although there are fewer returnees from risk areas.

In addition, the

disease is

by a "diffuse outbreak

event

" and is no longer mainly caused by

.

Is the virus adapting to current conditions?

From a medical point of view, a process that would not come as a surprise and that can also have positive effects.

Corona: Merkel government appeals for a uniform approach - and falls on deaf ears?

Although Germany has not yet reached an emergency compared to some EU neighboring countries, Berlin fears that

country will be

.

There are certainly signs of such a development: For example,

complained

in the switch that tracking corona infected people caused problems because 50 instead of five contacts would have to be determined when visiting localities.

Both the government and the city-state of

are campaigning for a lowering of the upper limit in the form of the seven-day incidence * of 50.

What the federal government is mainly about: That the states jointly determine which

should apply from the respective limit value.

As Helge Braun announced, this would take the pressure off the local authorities.

However: As the

explains, the countries are far from reaching an agreement in this regard.

Bavaria would like to

the

in the

if the incidence value reaches the critical hurdle * of 50 new infections per 100,000 citizens.

Prime Minister Markus Söder announced this after a cabinet meeting.

This means: municipalities can expand the mask requirement, contact restrictions can be tightened.

Corona measures: Chancellery warns the population of the autumn and winter seasons

There are currently still signs that the federal states will go it alone - and according to the government in Berlin this is not the right course of action to protect the population from

.

On Tuesday, Chancellor Braun (CDU) sent

an appeal to citizens

on

due to the increasing number of

: "Now discipline is required in the population," he said in the "Morgenmagazin" about the upcoming cold season in autumn and winter is not the right time to send opening signals, especially the upper limit for events is very important.

* Merkur.de is an offer from the Ippen Digital Network

List of rubric lists: © Michael Kappeler / dpa