The mayors of the eleven largest German cities left a conference with Angela Merkel with an eight-point plan.
The pandemic should remain controllable.
Angela Merkel (CDU)
* met with the mayors of the eleven largest cities.
An eight-point plan was drawn up that is intended to preserve the offices' ability to act.
Support is planned by the Bundeswehr, but also by the cities themselves.
Berlin - "The metropolitan areas are the arena where we can see whether we can keep the
pandemic
*
under control or whether control is slipping away from us," said
Angela Merkel (CDU)
on Friday at a conference with the mayors of Germany's eleven largest cities.
In order to keep the number of
coronavirus
* cases,
which has recently risen sharply in some cities,
to a controllable level, an
eight-point plan is
now being used to respond to the situation.
In general, the
distance and hygiene rules
should
always apply to the population, as well as industry-specific regulations and consistent follow-up of contacts.
The latter is
difficult
from 35 or
50 new infections
per 100,000 inhabitants per week.
The new restrictions would hurt, but were necessary, said Merkel.
And she emphasized: The schools should, "if at all possible, be able to stay open this time."
Eight-point plan for large cities is intended to slow down the corona pandemic in Germany
At the latest from an
incidence of 35 new infections *
per 100,000 inhabitants in one week, the
RKI
sends
experts at the request of the respective city for advice to the crisis teams in the affected city.
Experts from the Bundeswehr can also be deployed here - but they should be on site for a longer period of time and not rotate at short notice.
They are used at the request of the respective cities.
The
public health service
can be supported by trained volunteers, students and MPs from other departments - the big cities take organizational measures to this end.
The students should not suffer any disadvantage for their academic performance.
If the contacts in one of the cities (foreseeable or actually) can no longer be traced, personnel support from the federal and state governments are planned.
Measures for large cities: From an incidence of 50 or more, stricter regulations apply
Today the 7-day incidence is 49.8.
The crisis team have therefore decided on some measures that will apply in # Cologne from tomorrow.
Now #MNB must also be worn in public spaces and from 10 p.m. there is a #alcohol ban in the # public.
- City of Cologne (@Koeln) October 9, 2020
From an incidence of 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants at the latest, the
obligation to wear a nose cover will be
extended, new
contact
restrictions
in public spaces
and, if necessary, a curfew and / or alcohol restrictions for restaurants and bars will be introduced.
Then the number of participants for events and especially for celebrations, also in a private setting, can be restricted again.
Public
order offices
are to be relieved and the health authorities are to support the monitoring of quarantine
orders
- in the medium term, the federal police and the state police should also provide support.
Special
protective
measures have been taken
for
hospitals, nursing homes, institutions for the elderly and the disabled
- but these must not lead to complete social isolation.
Rapid
tests
*
should first be used in this area.
If the
increase in the number of infections
*
does not come to a standstill within 10 days at the latest under the aforementioned measures, further targeted
restriction
steps are
inevitable in order to further reduce public contacts.
The first cities have already introduced new measures - you can find all the details in our Corona Germany ticker.
(kat) * Merkur.de is part of the Germany-wide Ippen-Digital editors network.
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