Armin Laschet's visit to Hamm caused a sensation.
On Saturday he supported the mayor in the runoff campaign.
Now there is harsh criticism.
With a seven-day incidence of 87.1, Hamm in North Rhine-Westphalia is well above the critical mark of 50 and is Germany's current corona hotspot.
On Saturday, Armin Laschet visited Hamm's Lord Mayor Thomas Hunsteger-Petermann to support him in the runoff campaign.
The CDU politician is now being attacked sharply on social media.
Hamm - For months, the coronavirus * Sars-CoV-2 has been a topic of conversation every day: increasing case numbers, the situation in other European countries, assessments by experts, new restrictions.
Even the
mouth and nose protection
is one of the people added for months to life, a change is not yet in sight - and breaches of this obligation are the ones making a stir.
While the corona situation is worsening more and more in some European countries and there is already talk of a so-called second corona wave *, individual Corona hotspots in Germany repeatedly attract attention.
Particularly in focus: Hamm in North Rhine-Westphalia.
With a seven-day incidence of 87.1, the location is well above the critical mark of 50. A total of 164 people are infected with Covid-19.
Corona virus in NRW: Laschet is campaigning in hotspot area - without a mask
What is causing a lot of displeasure on social media are, of all things, pictures from an event in
Hamm
, in which
North Rhine-Westphalia's Prime Minister Armin Laschet * also took
part.
Laschet stayed in Hamm on Saturday (September 19) and “visited Mayor
Thomas Hunsteger-Petermann
to support him in the runoff campaign”, as
can be read
on the official Twitter account of the CDU in
North Rhine-Westphalia
.
In the
spa park in Hamm
Laschet delivered a speech.
However, the pictures that the Twitter account posted caused a stir.
Full spa park in #Hamm!
@ArminLaschet visits Mayor Thomas # Hunsteger-Petermann to support him in the runoff election: Everything that concerns HP, he does with full conviction and with all his heart.
He knows Hamm like no other.
On 09/27
#CDU u choose Hunsteger-Petermann!
#HPbeibtOB pic.twitter.com/85DYDCx4t5
- NRW-CDU (@CDUNRW_de) September 19, 2020
Corona hotspot Hamm: Event without mask and minimum distance - criticism on Twitter
However,
there was a lot of criticism
on
because the
corona mask requirement
and the
minimum distance
according to the pictures were not observed.
For example, one Twitter user wrote: “Nobody wears a mask and keeping a distance of 1.5 meters does not apply either.
Did at least the people submit their correct contact details?
It's just embarrassing.
[...]. "
Another user posted a tweet in which he criticized: “For the descendant of Charlemagne
Armin Laschet
, different distance and mask rules apply at events than for the rest of society.
[...] Embarrassing and sad! "
Nobody wears a mask and keeping a distance of 1.5 m does not apply.
Did not at least the people give their correct contact details?
It's just embarrassing.
To publish such a photo is incredibly stupid.
- TM (@ TommyM39) September 19, 2020
* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen network
