New corona rules for Germany? Internal quarrel about the planned Merkel mechanism leaked

The second week of the corona restrictions in Germany has begun.

In CDU circles there is no reason to relax.

Merkel goes one step further.

• In a week, Chancellor

  Angela Merkel

  wants to

  talk about the status of the corona restrictions.

• There is currently

  no reason

  from

  CDU circles

  to hope for easing soon.

• All information about the

  corona pandemic in Germany

  can be found in our news ticker.

Update from November 10, 2:45 p.m.:

On Monday (November 16),

and the

again

debate

the

.

But already now there is apparently a crunch again between the

: As

claims to have found out, there were

“fierce debates”

between

and the heads of the

.

The reason was apparently a planned legal mechanism for the corona measures.

The federal government is planning a paragraph 28a in the new Infection Protection Act, which

prescribes specific measures

if certain values ​​of the

exceeded

.

In

particular

, this is thought too simply: According to the will of the states of

and

, the

should also be taken into account.

In this way, it is possible to react better to locally clearly delimited outbreaks - at the same time there is a desire to be able to take action before the limit values ​​are exceeded.

In addition to the federal

, the

led

by

, is also

against the proposal from the two countries.

It is also still unclear whether the rules will be tightened or relaxed.

recently spoke out against a relaxation (see first report).

According to the

(article behind the payment barrier), her confidante Braun also supports this assessment - a turnaround is currently not in sight.

Corona tightening of the rules in Germany?

Minister is now targeting schools

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Anja Karliczek (left) and Angela Merkel in conversation (archive photo).

© Jörg Carstensen / dpa / picture alliance

Update from November 10, 10.15 a.m.:

The

has been going on for more than a week

- but at least the ruling

is not yet satisfied with the results:

apparently even considers further tightening possible (see initial report).

A minister from Merkel's cabinet has now expressed a specific thought.

Education Minister Anja Karliczek (CDU)

has

pleaded

for a

at all schools.

They consider this measure to be “reasonable” in the current phase of high numbers of infections, including in primary schools, said Karliczek of the

from Düsseldorf.

The minister admitted that wearing a mask during the day was “naturally annoying”.

Nevertheless,

the “most effective means” to enable face-to-face teaching to continue.

Karliczek also spoke out in favor of

moving

to other rooms - for example in

- in order to achieve more physical distance.

The minister also called for flexibility when

: "Regular ventilation helps, even when it gets cold in the rooms." In the current situation, students can be expected to "wear a thick sweater".

In Bavaria, a public dispute had recently developed between Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) and Munich's Lord Mayor Dieter Reiter (SPD) about wearing masks at primary schools.

Internal assessment leaked: Merkel is apparently thinking of tightening the corona - Söder is following up

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Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) with a mask on the way to the meeting of the Union parliamentary group.

© Michael Kappeler / dpa

Initial report:

Berlin -

One week after the start of the partial lockdown in the

in

, given the increasing

no reason to relax.

Participants in the virtual meeting on Monday said that several participants agreed that it was too early to determine how the previous

, the so-called

, would affect the

.

In the run-up to the measures, there was Zoff about Germany's lockdown alternative - Germany's top virologists disagreed on the procedure.

The information that the broadcaster

from government

circles is explosive

.

Accordingly, there is a threat of tightening the

The station quotes Chancellor

follows: “

 We don't need to talk

about 

.

We may even have to step up. ”Bavaria's Prime Minister

also adds

on Twitter and sees no reason to discuss easing in the Free State.

. @ Markus_Soeder: Nowhere in Bavaria is there any reason to discuss easing.

Anyone who loosens up now has to give an answer on how else he can guarantee safety.

#Corona

- CSU (@CSU) November 9, 2020

Corona in Germany: Merkel plans to take stock of the lockdown in a week

Merkel

(CDU) plans

to speak

to the prime minister in a week about the status of the

.

On November 2nd, these were initially set to four weeks.

"The numbers have to go down," said Health Minister

at the virtual conference of the CDU * Presidium.

Another, not named participant said that the goal is to reach fewer than 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in one week - but that is a long way off.

The head of the Chancellery, Helge Braun, and Chancellor Angela Merkel recently revealed the corona value that should be achieved.

As the

further reported from the meeting, overloading the health system must be avoided as a matter of urgency.

In addition, cross-border ambulance transports would have to be made possible in order to ease the situation in some regions.

Economic aid was also discussed - it had to be ensured that the financial aid reached the sectors that needed it.

The

reports that the Chancellor said on Sunday that the entire

only be lifted if up to 70 percent of the population in Germany were immune to the

.

In addition,

, Prime Minister of Saxony-Anhalt,

expects

the order to further tighten the planned corona interim balance on November 16.

Corona pandemic: Infections peak - more than 23,000 cases

The

At the beginning of the week, on November 9, reported over 13,000 new

in the past 24 hours.

The highest level of the previous infection rate was reached on Saturday with 23,399 reported cases.

The current case numbers are lower on Monday, as fewer tests are carried out on the weekend.

Meanwhile, several top CDU politicians are in quarantine.

After the Corona summit with the Prime Minister, Chancellor Merkel announced a second partial lockdown in November.

"Onerous measures" are taken.

At "Anne Will", Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder defended the measures.

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