On Wednesday, the Prime Minister will join forces with Chancellor Angela Merkel for another conference.
The Chancellor wants to decide on decisive measures.
Time is of the essence, Chancellor Angela Merkel * warns again and again.
In order to reduce the number of cases, a "breakwater shutdown" may now be threatened.
Facilities that serve entertainment could soon be closed with a decision by the Prime Minister on Wednesday.
Berlin - Chancellor
Angela Merkel
(CDU) wants to make far-reaching decisions.
The circuit with the 16
prime ministers
was brought forward and will take place on Wednesday from 1 p.m.
It is about something important, namely about decisive measures from the Chancellor's point of view to prevent the number of
corona cases from skyrocketing
.
Because the numbers are clear: Federal Minister of Economics
Peter Altmaier
(CDU) expects 20,000 new corona infections in Germany by the end of the week.
"We are dealing with
exponential growth
."
According to
image
information, Merkel gave a clear warning at the parliamentary group meeting on Tuesday afternoon that the
doubling of
the number of cases was crucial.
Currently, the number of new infections doubled every seven to eight days, and the number of intensive care beds occupied every ten days.
"Another four times doubling and the system is at an end," Merkel warned.
Angela Merkel and the Coronavirus: Measures to get “air for the holidays”
As with her weekly
video podcast
, she urges taking every single day seriously.
Everyone has to join in and obey their order of the day: “Reduce contacts.
Meet fewer people. "According to the
picture
,
Merkel also looks
at the days around Christmas Eve:" If we do more, we will gain air for the holidays. "
One could not wait any longer with stricter measures, especially not in view of the situation in other European countries.
As
reported by
Focus Online
, the internal name for further restrictions is
"Wellenbrecher-Shutdown"
.
Accordingly,
facilities
that serve pleasure,
such
as restaurants, museums or theaters
, may be
closed.
Focus Online also
reports that Merkel also
wanted to close
schools
, but did not succeed in doing so.
SPD health expert
Karl Lauterbach
also used the word “breakwater shutdown”.
It refers to the
temporary nationwide closure of
numerous facilities for two weeks.
Private meetings should be minimized.
"But schools, daycare centers and essential shops remain open," said Lauterbach of the
German Press Agency
.
Merkel / Prime Minister: Is the "breakwater shutdown" coming now in Germany?
Recently there was repeated
talk
of a
"lockdown light"
that could be decided on Wednesday.
According to
Spiegel
information, the SPD-led states such as Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Bremen or Berlin are also planning a “gradual shutdown of public and economic life” as a lockdown in several steps.
According to the Robert Koch Institute, the health authorities
reported
11,409
new corona infections
within one day on
Tuesday morning
.
On Tuesday a week ago, the number was 6868.
On Saturday, 14,714 new infections were reached, a new high since the start of the corona pandemic in Germany
(cibo / dpa).
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