On November 25, the federal and state governments will discuss the further timetable for the corona pandemic - and the time frames for the measures.
Possible dates are already seeping through.
Chancellor Angela Merkel *
(CDU)
expects
a strategy for the winter
from the
Corona *
summit
on November 25th.
The
Münchner Merkur
was to already position paper of the Bavarian state government under
Markus Söder
(CSU *)
before.
Also a new media report suggests that the
partial lockdown
* well above the November also
extended
will.
Update from November 20, 3:10 p.m.:
On Monday, the draft resolutions from the Chancellery caused a lot of country annoyance at the
Corona summit
- before the next round on Wednesday, it is the
prime minister's
turn.
According to a report by the
Business Insider
website
, the proposed proposals have come a long way.
The countries apparently want - in line with
Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU)
- to
extend
the
"lockdown light"
, but let it end before Christmas: The conversation is said to be
December 20th
as the provisional end.
The round of heads of state is therefore also open to tightening the issue of
contacts
.
The details are apparently not yet fixed here.
According to
Business Insider,
however
, the SPD-led states as well as
Schleswig-Holstein
and
Hesse
reject the upper limit of permanent contact
.
Schools are another neuralgic point.
Merkel's attempt
to halve
the
school classes
, however, is evidently
no majority
due to the lack of space
.
To this end, face-to-face teaching for high school and vocational schools could be shut down.
In the event of an increase in infections over Christmas, several countries are in favor of
extending the Christmas holidays,
it said.
And the federal states also want to touch a particularly hot topic now: the question of
church services over Christmas
.
Restrictions are not initially provided, writes the portal, but discussions with the religious communities should be sought in order to avoid large-scale church services.
Incidentally, according to the report, all proposals should be finalized between the countries by Monday and
with the Chancellery
on
Tuesday
.
This is to avoid hanging games on
Wednesday
.
The federal government continues to consider the corona situation in Germany to be very serious.
It was only possible to “stop the strong, steep, exponential increase”, said government spokesman Steffen Seibert on Friday.
The new infections had stabilized, "but with far too high numbers," he added.
The number of
deaths
from the
corona virus
is still "very high," warned Seibert.
It is about “200, 250 people every day who lose their lives because of this disease.
This is something we should think about more and which we cannot accept for a minute. "
Corona summit in Germany: Merkel's demand in the criticism - Laschet puts "one" on it
Update from November 20, 12.15 p.m.: North Rhine-Westphalia Prime Minister Armin Laschet (CDU)
wants to
advertise for strict contact restrictions
at the next
Corona summit
on Wednesday
- but
stay
just below the
suggestions of Chancellor Angela Merkel
.
"A family can only meet with two other people from another household," Laschet explained to the
Stuttgarter Zeitung
about
his proposal for the Prime Minister's Conference.
There has recently been harsh criticism of the plans to limit contacts to one more person, especially with regard to children, as
Merkur.de
* reports.
From the
experience at the beginning of the Corona crisis
in spring, it is known that the principle works.
At that time, people's mobility decreased significantly, and so did the
rate of infection
.
"If we apply this principle consistently, restrictions on gastronomy or culture can be withdrawn in the medium term if the number of infections continues to fall," said the CDU federal vice-president and candidate for the party chairmanship.
Until a vaccine is available, public, social and economic life must be maintained.
"That is why we should fall back on the tried and tested system of general contact restrictions instead of prescribing in minute detail what can and cannot take place," explained Laschet.
Corona summit in Germany: Merkel statements leaked - lockdown much longer?
Above all, the Chancellor sees one problem
First report: Berlin - The
partial lockdown
balance last Monday with Chancellor
Angela Merkel (CDU)
did not result in any new
corona measures
- only appeals from the Chancellor.
The move was
postponed
to the
federal-state switch
on
November 25th
.
As
Münchner Merkur
learned
exclusively from a
position paper from
the Bavarian State Chancellery *, the
contact restrictions
could be much less strict than was initially heard from the Chancellery.
As
Bild
now wants to know, Merkel made it
clear
in a
Union parliamentary group meeting on Tuesday
that she
expected
proposals from the country leaders "not just for two weeks, but with a
perspective until January
".
At
Christmas,
however, the federal government wants to "give people a certain amount of freedom again," the newspaper quotes the Chancellor in the report (behind the payment barrier).
What should be possible at the turn of the year, however, would be "very, very difficult decisions" on Wednesday.
+
Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) are warning of early easing of the corona pandemic.
© Michael Kappeler / dpa
You have to be careful that "not everything is torn down again on New Year's Eve", for example because the skiing holiday in Austria takes place quite normally, Merkel told MPs.
Söder had also recently expressed himself accordingly.
Before the Corona summit with Merkel: details about partial lockdown extension leaked
According to the above-mentioned position paper, which is available to
Münchner Merkur
, Bavaria will
bring
different periods of time for an
extension of the partial lockdown
into play: The shortest until December 15, the longest until
January 15
, alternatively until shortly before Christmas (December 20 ) or shortly after New Year's Eve (January 2nd).
The
image
now writes, citing an unnamed
SPD *
-Landesregierung
that with a validity of Corona measures in January is expected by the end of December or early.
In addition, according to the report, an
expansion of the mask requirement
(primarily in
hotspots
) and an
extension of the winter holidays are
being considered.
According to the Bild report, so-called “contact bans” are even being considered in NRW.
That would mean just as strict contact restrictions as in the spring.
Corona in Germany: Merkel expects new rule proposals from the countries - summit on Wednesday
In view of the high number of
corona infections
, the federal and state governments had agreed on an initially
four-week
partial lockdown from November 2 to November 29.
Restaurants had to close as well as cultural and leisure facilities, and there were strict
contact restrictions
for citizens
.
The federal states have made it clear that they
want to develop
their own
medium-term strategy that should extend into the coming year.
According to reports, the first coordination between the federal states is planned for this weekend.
(
frs with material from the dpa
)
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