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
repeatedly.
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.
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news ticker
is updated regularly.
Update from October 27th, 6:05 p.m.:
When asked by a journalist whether there would be
contact
restrictions on a maximum of one person outside of one's own household, NRW Prime Minister
Armin Laschet
replied
that he expected a situation like in March.
In the afternoon, Laschet spoke to journalists about the current
corona situation in NRW
and the
corona summit
on Wednesday.
Update from October 27, 5:17 p.m.:
On Wednesday afternoon, the 16 state bosses discussed with Chancellor Angela Merkel about the further measures in the
Corona crisis
.
There may well be another heated discussion.
Merkel wants to call everyone on Tuesday evening to prepare the video switch.
A "
temporary block of a
lockdown
in Germany" is being
discussed
, said
Reiner Haseloff
(CDU), Prime Minister of Saxony-Anhalt.
This could therefore apply for three to four weeks.
The governments wanted to
avoid
a state of emergency around
Christmas
.
Ramelow is rebelling even before the Prime Minister's Conference - Thuringia against lockdown
Update from October 27th, 5:00 p.m.:
The
prime ministers
have
not yet got together
with
Angela Merkel
(CDU), there has already been a rejection: Thuringia's Prime Minister
Bodo Ramelow
(left *) does not want a decision by the states on a possible new lockdown carry along, as he said after a cabinet meeting in Erfurt.
The
Prime Minister's
Conference would perform an important structuring task.
"However, this task must not be too much," said Ramelow.
Instead, he speaks out in favor of strengthening
parliaments
when it comes to deciding on measures against the
corona
virus.
Ramelow rejects
a procedure in the Prime Minister's Conference, "in which resolutions that are introduced at very short notice" with particularly intrusive measures such as curfews, contact bans and the imposition of a
lockdown are to be
negotiated and decided.
Prime ministerial conference with Angela Merkel: will tough decisions be made on Wednesday?
First report from October 27, 3:24 p.m .:
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 warned again clearly in the parliamentary group meeting on Tuesday afternoon: The
doubling number *
of the cases is 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 "Wellenbrecher-Shutdown" in his mouth.
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, a new high since the start of the corona pandemic * in Germany, was reached
(cibo / dpa).
* Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network.
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