Corona in Germany: Angela Merkel is concerned about current developments - and warns of extreme values

The corona pandemic is not over: those responsible from health and politics are still warning.

They not only look at mask refusers with concern, but also citizens traveling and partying.

Angela Merkel is now more alarmed than ever: is Germany doing like other countries?

• Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU)

  is very concerned: In

  Germany

  , the number of infections is increasing exponentially.

• So that the number of coronavirus cases * does not continue to explode, the Chancellor now wants to

  set

  priorities

  - on Tuesday she will meet

  with the country leaders

  at a

  summit

  .

• In order

  to prevent

  the

  lockdown

  ,

  Laschet

  and

  Söder

  want to

  tighten the rules for private parties.

Berlin -

has long been more than concerned: Throughout the summer, she repeatedly warned citizens to be responsible and vigilant, after all, the

not on vacation and the end of the

is far from in sight.

Now in autumn they are fast

Infection numbers are rising again across Europe, including in Germany.

A

with the country leaders

is therefore

scheduled for

Tuesday

.

“If the trend continues like this, we will have 19,200

.

It's like in the other countries, "said

in a video conference of the CDU presidium after information from

. Meanwhile,

long been an international model student in the coronavirus pandemic * - and it should stay that way for the Chancellor. For comparison: at the end of March the number of

in Germany was around 6,000 per day, which is why the 66-year-old is more than alarmed today.

Coronavirus: Case numbers are exploding - Chancellor wants to set priorities

"We have

to contain

the

quickly * and intervene," she told the

, as reported by the

.

You have to set priorities, that is, keep the economy going, schools and day-care centers open - and "

is secondary here," the

decided.

She therefore regards parties and visits to restaurants, but also religious events, as extremely problematic - they often have a more than negative impact on the numbers.

"What leaves me at a loss is that things are exploding in the countries around us," said Merkel.

The

are extremely worrying and in

everything must now be done so that the numbers do not continue to grow exponentially.

The Prime Ministers of

and

,

and

, pleaded in the

with the

to find regional solutions again to get the infection process under control.

now

wants

to tighten the rules for private events again

in

.

In the video campaign with

, neither

nor

assumed that there would be another general

.

Also

made on Saturday clear: "We do not want a second, general, nationwide

."

has already before the scheduled for Tuesday

called for the state leaders with the Chancellor, a

To install.

On Monday, Söder told the SZ that they finally needed a “binding, proportionate and reliable set of rules for the winter”.

We do not want a second comprehensive lockdown.

The consequences would be devastating.

In addition to the economy, daycare and school must also remain open.

Children must not suffer from a lockdown.

Respect and thanks to teachers and educators.

# csuvpt20

- Markus Söder (@Markus_Soeder) September 26, 2020

The approaching cold season and the already rapidly increasing number of cases are on the politicians' necks.

In addition to the

for

,

also

asked for

precise information on which measures should be taken if the number of infected people exceeds certain limit values.

If

, the traffic light should

turn

yellow as soon as there are 35 or more infected people per 100,000 inhabitants in a district within seven days.

He, too, is in favor of

setting

in terms of

measures

:

should take place again without spectators, tests for

arranged and the

in schools from the fifth grade should also be extended to lessons.

Markus Söder (CDU) calls for uniform corona rules for the winter

the number continues to rise to

, the number of participants allowed at

reduced to a quarter of the previous number.

Wherever distances are difficult to maintain, such as in public places, looks

proposal

before.

Restrictions on

and earlier

as well as double testing

to increase

the reliability of

could

complement

.

The background for Söder's advance was also the reputation of the

, which, in view of the alarming figures, demanded binding, uniform regulation from politics.

Appeal to the federal and state levels: In its sixth ad hoc statement on the # coronavirus pandemic, the National Academy Leopoldina calls for clear and uniform # corona rules for # autumn and # winter.

For download: https://t.co/rFtB6qAHVP#Coronakrise # Covid19 #COVID ー 19 pic.twitter.com/W4wB1bOMR7

- National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (@Leopoldina) September 23, 2020

Karl Lauterbach

,

, firmly rejects Söder's idea of ​​the "warning light". On Sunday evening he warned

: "The whole

with green, yellow and red does not fit in with the time". It creates that too often “Feeling of

”, because if it were green,

the signal

would be given to a

“You can live as if everything were normal”.

Therefore, the said

from a maximum of 25 people at private parties, which "

would make -EVENTS" less likely they were but for about 80 percent of

responsible.

For a

in places where the distance can now be difficult issue, but also spoke

off.

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