Corona in Lower Saxony: Stephan Weil defends strict corona rules - and receives criticism

Prime Minister Stephan Weil is sticking to the Corona resolutions.

He announced this in a government statement.

There is severe criticism from the opposition.

• Corona * infections continue to rise

  unhindered

  in

  Lower Saxony

  .

• Prime Minister Stephan Weil

  has now issued

  a government statement.

• He sticks to the strict

  rules

  .

Göttingen - The

in

are increasing rapidly.

In the past 24 hours, 475 people have been

infected

with the

virus.

Six other people died.

The Lower Saxony state parliament and the Bremen citizenship discussed the current

in a special meeting on Monday, November 30th, 2020

.

To have

(SPD) issued a policy statement.

Corona in Lower Saxony: Weil sticks to stricter rules

The SPD politician continues to adhere to the resolutions to contain the

.

They are imperative.

"We have

not yet achieved

the goal of a clear reduction in the number of

," explained Weil.

Therefore, the

for December should be tightened.

Anyone who says otherwise is throwing sand in the eyes of the citizens.

According to Weil, contacts must be reduced, according to ndr.de.

Accordingly, according to the new

,

only five people from two households are allowed to meet

in

from December 1st, 2020

.

In addition, the mask requirement at the workplace is being expanded.

In order to avoid a large crowd during the Christmas season, the access rules for retailers were also more strictly regulated.

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Prime Minister Stephan Weil continues to adhere to the strict Corona resolutions in Lower Saxony.

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Corona in Lower Saxony: loose rules apply for Christmas and New Year's Eve

Special rules apply in Lower Saxony for Christmas and New Year's Eve.

From December 23rd, 2020, up to ten people from several households can meet.

At

the same time, the

appealed to the common sense.

"Nobody benefits if the infection situation has worsened again in January," said Weil.

Corona: These strict rules apply to schools in Lower Saxony

Stricter

are also

provided

for schools

.

From a 7-day

of 200, the

applies to all

of school - including primary schools.

The value for

is currently

85.9 nationwide (as of November 30, 2020).

Weil does not consider changing lessons to be necessary.

“I can't get anything out of that,” said the politician.

The face-to-face teaching is justifiable if the hygiene rules are observed.

Corona in Lower Saxony: Greens criticize the minister harshly

In addition,

be given 20 euros per student in future, for example to purchase FFP2 masks or air filters.

In order to avoid the jostling in buses, the Ministry of Economic Affairs provided 30 million euros for further buses.

Contrary to these measures, the Greens criticize the way

dealt with

.

The 20 million euros in funding for protective measures and the 25 million euros for additional workers are insufficient.

"Well-willed is not well-done," stressed the

Group leader Julia Willie Hamburg.

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Corona in Lower Saxony: No long-term strategy developed

She also criticized the approach of the state government of

when adopting the

.

You and your party are not sufficiently involved, as ndr.de reports.

The Greens and FDP criticize the lack of a long-term strategy.

"What you delivered today was far too little," said its state chairman Stefan Birkner (FDP).

The government has had a lot of time since the spring to work out a concept.

This was not used.

Corona in Lower Saxony: AfD is suing the mask requirement

The

for the retail trade are also incomprehensible.

Shops with a sales area of ​​up to 800 square meters per customer have to provide ten square meters, larger shops even have 20 square meters.

In addition to the heated discussions, two AfD MPs have taken a completely different direction.

They want to

against the

in the

state parliament

the state

court.

(kas)

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