The partial lockdown is to be extended.
The federal states want to partially tighten the corona restrictions.
What changes - what remains.
An overview.
The federal states want to partially tighten the corona restrictions in Germany.
Details of a proposed resolution have already been leaked.
On Wednesday, these will be discussed and approved by Angela Merkel at a summit of the country leaders.
Details for Christmas, New Year's Eve and dates are already fixed.
Berlin - Extended
lockdown
, but special rules for the
Christmas season *
- that seems to be the result of the talks between the country leaders on how to proceed in the
corona pandemic *
.
For the holidays and New Year's Eve,
meetings of up to ten people from several households
should be allowed.
This emerges from a joint draft resolution on which the
prime ministers
agreed on Monday evening.
Children should not be counted.
Outside of the holidays, private gatherings should be limited to
five people from two households
.
However, children should also be excluded here.
It should also be stipulated that every person in closed rooms that are accessible to the public or as part of visiting or customer traffic
must wear
a
face-to-face mask
.
Corona lockdown in Germany: New rules apply until December 20th - New Year's Eve fireworks allowed
All of this should initially
apply
until December 20th
.
According to the bill, the federal and state governments want to agree on how to proceed by December 15.
According
to the bill, there should not be
a
general ban on New Year's Eve fireworks
.
However
, pyrotechnics should be prohibited in
busy squares and streets in
order
to avoid
larger groups
.
In addition, it should be recommended in principle to avoid traditional fireworks.
Corona lockdown: Germany's hotels and restaurants will remain closed in December
Officially, however, all these decisions will only be made and adopted on Wednesday at the Corona summit with Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU).
With the extension of the current measures,
hotels, restaurants and fitness studios will
also remain
closed until December 20th.
In addition, citizens should continue
to stay at home
and work there as well as avoid traveling and excursions.
With an
incidence
of less than
35 new infections per week per 100,000 inhabitants
, the states should be allowed to relax independently.
After December 20, the measures
are to be extended
every two weeks
if the situation does not improve.
Countries with an
incidence below 50 *
should then be able to decide independently.
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Unfortunately, it does not offer enough protection against infection in the Corona crisis: Chancellor Angela Merkel plays with a wind turbine.
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What exactly is in store for us?
We give an overview:
Corona special rules for Christmas: self-quarantine and small-scale church services
From
December 21st to at least 27th,
people from more than
two households should
be able to come together - everything boils down to a maximum of ten.
Children under the age of 14 should not be counted.
Self-quarantine for several days
should be
recommended
for the period after the holidays
.
Agreements for the upcoming celebrations should be made
with the
churches
- the guideline should be that
large church services are
to be avoided.
New Year's Eve in Corona times: Fireworks are probably not allowed in public places
Even
New Year's Eve celebrations
with ten people from more than
two households
will be allowed this year.
The resolution proposal should provide in brackets
to allow
the
Christmas
rules to apply
until January
3rd
.
When
it comes to
fireworks at the turn of the year,
there is still no clear line.
The sale will probably be allowed at least in Union-led countries.
However, there are indications that the
pyrotechnics
must not be ignited in busy squares and streets.
Corona rules for schools: mask requirement and earlier Christmas holidays
If the
incidence is over 50, it
should be
mandatory to wear a mask in class
from the
seventh grade
onwards
.
Infection-free schools should be able to be excluded from this.
The
federal states should decide for themselves
about
homeschooling
.
In addition, a new test strategy is planned: In the event of an infection in a class, students and teachers should be quarantined for five days and then run
quick tests *
.
The federal government should make the tests available to the federal states.
Some federal states such as
North Rhine-Westphalia
and
Bavaria
have
already brought
the
start of the Christmas holidays
forward so that the infection process can be better controlled around the holidays.
Lower Saxony and Saxony, for example, refrain from this - for example by referring to
care problems
.
Corona financial aid: Companies, the self-employed and associations should be supported for longer
The state aid for
companies
affected by closure
, the
self-employed
and
associations
are to be extended.
For areas that are expected to have major restrictions on business operations for months to come, the federal states are calling for the federal government to
extend the bridging
aid
until mid-2021
- for example for the cultural and event industry, self-employed individuals and the travel industry.
The federal government should also examine tax subsidies for statutory health insurance.
(AFP)
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How Christmas and New Year's Eve can be celebrated in Spain - especially on the Costa Blanca - will be decided in December.
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