Corona in Germany: "Increase can no longer be controlled" - Scientists are pushing for a lockdown that will last for weeks

The corona situation in Germany is tense.

According to a report, several federal states are now considering a gradual lockdown.

• The

  Corona *

  numbers

  in

  Germany

  continue to rise rapidly.

• Before the meeting of the Chancellor and the Prime Ministers on Wednesday,

  details of

  a draft of several

  federal states were

  leaked.

• It speaks of a “

  gradual shutdown of public and economic life

  ”.

• This news ticker is continuously updated.

Update from October 27, 5:50 p.m.:

The German

and five other

recommend a kind of

for three weeks.

In order

to stop

the increase in

, it is necessary to reduce social contacts without

to a quarter.

This requires uniform nationwide rules, according to a joint declaration by

, the German Research Foundation, the Fraunhofer Society, the Helmholtz Association, the Leibniz Association and the Max Planck Society.

"

According to

the possible course of the

halving the number of

without

of each individual is

currently not enough to reduce the number of

per week," the experts explained.

The increase in the number of

is no longer controllable in many places in Germany.

Coronavirus in Germany: Merkel forecast for Christmas reached the end of the week

Update from October 27, 5:35 p.m.:

(CDU) expects that the mark of 20,000

reached

by the end of this week

.

had forecast this figure for Christmas, which was sometimes considered to be unrealistic.

"In

, the number of

every day by 70, 75 percent compared to the week before," said

on Tuesday in a speech at the Franco-German Business Day.

“And that means: we will probably have 20,000

day

by the end of this week

.” We would be dealing with “exponential growth”, which means that the number of infections would have reached a level “that we could not even imagine three weeks ago could."

Update of 27 October, 16:22:

The number of

related to the

has in

the mark of

cracked.

Cardiologist Thomas Münzel has an amazing link between Covid-19 deaths and

detected.

Corona in Germany: Schleswig-Holstein announces tough contact restrictions

Update from October 27, 4:07 p.m.:

With

, a federal state announced

tough

on Wednesday

before the conference between the Chancellor and the

.

The number

will be the

also outdoors in the next

, said Prime Minister

on Tuesday in

.

This also applies to sport.

The game operation in amateur football must therefore pause.

On Friday, these measures are to be

decided

in a

ordinance,

of the results of the video switch between the Prime Minister and the Chancellor.

also announced that the

in the classroom from the 5th year by three weeks

is.

In addition, this is now also being

to

.

There, the mask requirement only applies in regions in which the

value

of

new infections per 100,000 inhabitants has been

in the past seven days

.

Corona in Germany: Several federal states are considering gradual lockdown

First report from October 27th:

Munich - On Wednesday,

with the Prime Minister about the current situation in the

in

.

In the past few days, the Chancellor has expressed concern about the development of the number of

.

In the individual federal states, the increase in numbers is also viewed with concern.

According to a

report, the

Brandenburg, Berlin, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony, Rhineland-Palatinate, Bremen and Hamburg,

led

by the

, are

discussing

a draft resolution proposal

with

.

It speaks of a “

”.

This

should come if the current measures in the fight against the

show insufficient effect.

In order to prevent far-reaching consequences on the pandemic addition that should

are generally still allows, according to the draft.

For this,

and

should be

as far as possible.

Further

are to be included in the

states

.

For example, it is being discussed whether until the end of November only

people from two households or a maximum of two people from other households

can get

in private apartments

.

Children up to twelve years of age are excluded.

In the case of

such as weddings or funerals, the draft specifies a maximum of

.

Corona in Germany: measures to reduce the number of infections planned

As the

reports, the

the measures is to reduce the number of

to reduce so far "that

more people can meet again

at

time".

If the steps taken are not sufficient, a

further

outlined

in the draft

.

The

aim of the “

” is “to reduce additional, unnecessary contacts as well as approach and departure encounters without having to

a complete

with its serious economic and social consequences,” says the draft.

The

in the various areas should therefore be taken in the following chronological order:

• Halving of the applicable maximum limits for

  events

  , then further reductions

• Closure of

  theaters

  ,

  museums

  ,

  trade fairs

  and

  events

• University

  teaching is usually digital

• Restrictions on

  gastronomy

  that go beyond curfew;

  in extreme cases only take-away sales

• Suspension of

  club sports

• Closure of businesses with body-friendly services, such as

  hairdressers

  or

  massage studios

• Closure of

  fitness studios

  ,

  swimming pools

  and

  saunas

• Closure of

  commercial accommodations

  to keep travel to a minimum

• Closure of the

  retail trade

  for unnecessary everyday goods

Corona in Germany: Closure of individual areas requires new emergency aid programs

The draft also states that it is aware that a further

individual economic sectors will

require

.

This is being negotiated with the federal government.

In particular, the

would have to be relieved in terms of rent and operating costs.

It is unclear whether the proposals

will be supported

by a majority of the

on Wednesday

.

"According to

reports

, some country leaders go

the measures

- others, on the other hand

favor

" says the

report.

On Wednesday, the

the discussion with the Prime Minister about how to proceed during the

the corona pandemic.

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