Hotspot Hildburghausen: Incidence continues to climb, police move to the corona test station - concern is growing in Bavaria

The Hildburghausen district is Germany's corona hotspot.

The incidence is over 600 and all intensive care beds are occupied.

Nevertheless, there were protests against the tougher measures.

• In the

  Hildburghausen

  district of Thuringia

  , hundreds of people demonstrated against the new

  infection control regulations

  .

• The police used

  pepper spray

  to

  break

  up

  the gathering

  .

• The district has the highest

  incidence

  * in Germany.

Update from November 27, 2 p.m.:

In the Thuringian

, currently nationwide Corona hotspot number one, the

to

move out

to the regional

.

On Thursday evening, the district's assembly authority was informed about a call on social media - allegedly the smear site should be blocked.

The police were there then, but a

could

.

Who is behind this was initially unclear.

Since the middle of the week there has been a

with strict

in the district

;

Schools and kindergartens have been closed since then.

Several hundred people protested in the city center on Wednesday evening.

According to the police, they marched through the streets singing; many did not wear mouth and nose protection.

The police finally dispersed the gathering with the help of

(see initial report).

Meanwhile,

growing

.

"The economic area of ​​Coburg is strongly influenced by the commuting of

employees from the area of ​​southern Thuringia," emphasized the mayor of the Franconian city,

(SPD) on Friday.

“Therefore, of course, there is concern that the high number of infections will spread.” In the Franconian

bordering Hildburghausen

, the incidence values ​​are now over 200 according to the RKI - and the trend is rising.

"It seems reasonable to assume that there is a connection with Hildburghausen," said Felix Hanft from the

Hildburghausen and Corona protests: incidence continues to rise - all intensive care beds occupied

Update from November 27, 12:45 p.m.:

The infection rate in Germany's absolute

has worsened again.

On Friday, the

.

According to the district, the

number of active positive corona cases in

853 on Friday. On the corona map of the Robert Koch Institute, the district is now the only region in Germany to glow pink.

In addition,

in the Hildburghausen district are

.

This can be found in the register of the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (DIVI).

A total of

listed

for the district

.

Two of them are occupied with

who have to

.

Corona: CDU sees the state government's complicity in development in Hildburghausen

Update from November 27th, 7:00 a.m.:

The Thuringian CDU sees the state government's complicity in the dramatic corona development in the Hildburghausen district.

"The hesitant reaction of the red-red-green education ministry contributed to the aggravation, which has blocked the necessary closings for too long despite urgent requests from the district," said Thuringia's CDU parliamentary group leader

to the

.

The district of

and the schools were "left completely alone" when applying the step-by-step concept, "said the CDU politician.

Corona / Hildburghausen: threats against district administrator - Müller under police protection

District Administrator

from the

district has been

under police protection

since Thursday

.

A police spokesman told the

that Müller had been insulted and threatened on social media.

There was initially no further information on the content of the news.

But they are "presumably related to the Corona Protection Ordinance," said the spokesman.

The Suhl Police Department is working on the case.

Earlier, District Administrator Müller had described the protests against the strict

in

as irresponsible.

+

In the corona hotspot district of Hildburghausen, around 400 people protested against the new corona rules.

© Steffen Ittig / dpa

Corona hotspot Hildburghausen: police dissolve demonstration - mayor is stunned

Initial report

a.m

Erfurt - In the Corona * hotspot district of

, the police used pepper spray to

break up

a protest

rally

against the new infection control regulations.

Around 400 people had gathered in the market square on Wednesday evening despite exit restrictions, video recordings showed singing protesters on the streets.

According to the police, there were numerous violations: "For example, minimum distances were not observed, masks * were not worn and they left their own apartment without good reason." The approximately 30 officers managed to disperse the protesters.

According to Mayor

participants spoke

of a “walk”.

"I'm stunned," wrote Kummer on Facebook that evening.

“The market in

is full of people!

Quite a few do not wear masks!

What has to happen before some people understand the seriousness of the situation? ”Several people in the circle fought for their lives.

Entire daycare centers, schools, ambulance stations, fire departments had to be in

*

in the last two weeks

.

"Can't you keep a distance of two weeks?"

The

district

currently has the largest number of infections in Germany * measured in terms of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days.

A regional

with exit restrictions and closed schools and kindergartens

has been in effect there since Wednesday

.

The protests took place during the deliberations between the Prime Minister and Chancellor

*.

Police break up the demonstration with pepper spray: Several reports - Prime Minister Ramelow appeals to citizens

According

to the police, the

was used selectively to prevent the protesters from moving onto a local road.

Multiple communicative attempts to get the participants to leave the

failed, the police said on Thursday night.

30 participants received a complaint because of some violations of the

.

According to the information, there were no injuries or arrests.

The meeting started around 7 p.m. and the protests ended at around 8.45 p.m.

Can anyone imagine how angry I am?

Video from today's demonstration in the #hotspot #hildburghausen

From such "concerned parents" I might have the children in emergency care tomorrow. # Ohwieistdasschön # not pic.twitter.com/BhzPP83D85

- maeusebiss (@maeusebiss) November 25, 2020

Thuringia's Prime Minister

appealed to the people in the Hildburghausen district to adhere to the new infection protection rules.

There is a great effort to “protect life and limb of people” with stricter measures, he said on Wednesday after the Prime Minister's switch with Chancellor

*.

But he saw pictures that showed that several hundred people had gathered in the marketplace.

Demonstration in Hildburghausen: District with the highest incidence in Germany

These people, according to

, had given the signal that they were

not interested

in the

* in their circle.

"You are in the district with the highest infection rate in all of Germany, but you signal that you are more likely to reject the measures to prevent the infections," said Ramelow.

According to figures from the

*, there were 526.9 cases of infection per 100,000 inhabitants per week

in Hildburghausen

- this is the nationwide strongest infection.

On Thursday, the RKI even reported an incidence of 602.9.

From a value of 50, a region is considered a risk area *.

Ramelow appealed to the people in

to show solidarity and "to help and support one another".

Especially in the southern Thuringia area, the situation is

tense

because of the

* in the intensive care units of hospitals.

"If you then also believe that you can react to it with a greater form of disregard and denial, you are doing your fellow citizens a disservice," said

.

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