A coronavirus lockdown applies in Germany until January 10th.
Health Minister Spahn is open to tougher Covid-19 measures.
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Coronavirus pandemic
* in Germany
: The number of
corona cases
is high and there will be a tightened
Covid-19
* lockdown
until (at least) January 10, 2021
.
In
Bavaria
and
Baden-Württemberg there
is a
night curfew
for
Corona
* hotspots
.
Health Minister
Spahn
(CDU)
warns of tougher measures.
Health expert
Lauterbach
(SPD) wants to
send
the schools into the
extended Christmas
vacation.
(Update from December 8th)
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news ticker
has ended.
Here you will find further developments on the subject of Corona in Germany
Update from December 8th, 1:58 p.m
.:
Saxony
is going into hard lockdown.
Schools, daycare centers and many shops are due to close on Monday.
The government announced on Tuesday that it should respond to the sharp rise in the number of infections.
Update from December 8, 1 p.m
.:
Baden-Württemberg
announces further drastic measures for regions with extremely escalating corona infection numbers.
This week,
drastic measures
will have to be adopted for regions with more than
300 new infections
per 100,000 inhabitants in seven days, said Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann on Tuesday in Stuttgart, the German Press Agency announced.
So
far, only
Pforzheim
has been affected
(327.9).
Baden-Württemberg has so far had a
200 hotspot strategy
.
If regions or cities exceed the critical value of 200 for at least three days in a row, stricter corona measures, such as stricter contact restrictions and night curfews, must be introduced.
In Mannheim (232.1) there is already a night curfew.
Hairdressers have to close from Wednesday.
According to the RKI, Lörrach (205.9), Tuttlingen (209.6), Calw (214.2), Heilbronn (286.0) and the Enzkreis (217.59) are above the 200 incidence.
Corona in Germany: Leopoldina recommends "hard lockdown"
Update from December 8, 11:03 a.m
.: With the number of corona cases, it is probably no wonder: The National Science
Academy Leopoldina has made
a tough judgment about the effectiveness of the current corona measures *.
Partial lockdown is not enough.
A federal state of Germany's new “mega hotspot”
Update from December 8th, 9:27 am
: "Since December 4th, 2020 a slight increase in the number of cases has been observed again," writes the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in its current status report from Sunday evening.
Saxony in
particular is
developing into a mega corona hotspot.
The 7-day incidence there is
319.4
.
The entire state is marked in dark red on the RKI dashboard.
In
Bavaria
(177.4),
Berlin
(169.4) and
Thuringia
(182.9) the 7-day incidence, according to the RKI, is, however, well above the nationwide average of 147.2.
Saxony THE Corona hotspot in Germany
The virus continues to spread unchecked in some districts in Germany.
Three circles are currently tearing the 500 mark.
The RKI had only recently introduced a new color for it - namely pink.
Pink-colored spots on the RKI Covid card represent 500 to 1,000 infections per 100,000 inhabitants in the past seven days.
LK
Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore
Mountains
(Saxony)
- 508.2
LK
Bautzen
(Saxony) -
500.7
LK
Regen
(Bavaria) -
578.7
Update from December 8th, 6.13 a.m.:
As the
Robert Koch Institute
(RKI) announced on Tuesday morning, around
14,000 new infections were
recorded
in Germany within one day
.
There were
14,054 new cases of infection
in the past 24 hours
.
For comparison: That was almost
450 more
than on Tuesday last week.
The number of
corona deaths also
rose by
423 to 19,342
within one day
.
Corona in Germany: RKI reports 296,500 active corona cases (data status: December 8, 12 a.m.)
Coronavirus infections in Germany |
1,197,709 |
|---|---|
reported in the past 24 hours |
14.054 |
Deaths related to Sars-CoV-2 |
19,342 |
Deaths in the past 24 hours |
423 |
active corona cases in Germany |
about 296,500 |
Corona in Germany: Spahn calls for tougher measures
Health Minister Jens Spahn
, who is now openly opposed to
tougher measures
,
agrees with terrifying figures
: “The approach, short and comprehensive, to really make a difference, is probably the more successful.
If we can't get there with the development for the next week or two until Christmas, then we have to
discuss it,
”he explains in Phoenix.
As a result, restrictions in retail cannot be ruled out: "We have to make it dependent on the next few days whether we can bring the numbers down."
Corona easing on New Year's Eve is unjustifiable - Lauterbach wants to extend the holidays for four weeks
+
Health Minister Spahn becomes clear: If the numbers are not put into perspective, "we have to discuss"
© picture alliance / dpa |
Michael Kappeler
Even
health expert Lauterbach
calls for tougher measures, referring to the
schools.
According to his statements to the Passauer Neue Presse, "the school holidays should be brought forward one week and one week extended into January".
On the subject of retail, he has similar views as Health Minister Spahn: “We have to impose a harder shutdown for the time after Christmas.” Lauterbach emphasizes: “Easings on New Year's Eve would be
completely unacceptable
.
With the current death toll, there isn't really much to celebrate. "
Depressing corona consequences: the district has to outsource corpses - new infection numbers there
Update from December 7th, 10:15 p.m.:
1,183,655 corona cases
are currently
reported
in
Germany
.
That comes out this Monday (December 7th) from the figures of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI).
Compared to the previous day there are 12,332 new infections.
18,919 people have died with or from the
coronavirus
.
According to the
picture
, Germany's health authorities recently registered 147 new
deaths
within 24 hours.
Bavaria's
Prime Minister Markus Söder
summed up the alarming situation at a press conference on Sunday: "Every four minutes a person in Germany dies of Corona."
Incidentally
, the
deceased
are generally not
tested
for the
corona
virus, the
Bild
reported
in this context.
"According to the
Robert Koch Institute
, people in whom the virus has not yet been detected during their lifetime can also be tested post mortem," says the paper.
The condition for this, however, is that the deceased are suspected of having died of
Covid-19
*
.
Only people who
tested positive for the virus
immediately before or
after death
count towards the statistics of the
Robert Koch Institute
.
Coronavirus in Germany: Illegal party in a hotel - guests traveled from several federal states
Update from December 7th, 6:27 pm:
The
police ended
an
illegal swinger party
on Saturday (December 5th) in Karlsruhe.
The
police
said that the
40 or so women and men, who were “mostly only very scantily”, were caught red-handed in a
hotel
by officials
.
The participants, who were between the ages of mid-20s and mid-50s, had to get dressed as quickly as possible and leave the hotel - but first give their details to the police.
All persons are now being
investigated
for
violations of the Corona * rules
.
The participants did not even wear
mouth and nose protection
.
The guests had come from different parts of
Baden-Württemberg
as well as from
Rhineland-Palatinate
,
Hesse
,
North Rhine-Westphalia
and
Saxony
.
The
hotel
was partially converted into a swingers club, the police said.
According to a police spokesman, the party guests had to pay almost 100 euros entry.
There were rooms in the hotel that were used as changing rooms.
It
is not yet known
who
organized
the
party
.
Depressing corona consequences: the district has to outsource corpses - current figures deliver a severe setback
Update from December 7th, 5:05 p.m.:
The
corona situation in Saxony
is worrying.
The number of cases of infection is increasing, especially in the east of the state.
According to the
picture
,
almost all intensive care beds
in the
district of Görlitz are
occupied.
In addition to the
corona infections
, sadly, the number of
deaths
related to the virus * has
also increased recently
.
Because of the large number of deceased, some of the
morgues of the clinics
were recently
overcrowded
.
As the
picture
further reports, the dead have already had to be relocated.
"In some cases, clinics have temporarily made use of the farewell room and are in close consultation with crematoria and
funeral directors in
the Görlitz district, which also have cold storage facilities," said a district spokeswoman for the newspaper.
In the district of Görlitz, the
hospitals
each have six to 15 cooling compartments for the
deceased
.
Recently, however, the current excess mortality reached the "
capacity limit
", the spokeswoman continued.
However, the situation is gradually calming down.
In order to avoid similar situations in the future, registry offices have already been asked to
issue
death certificates as
soon
as possible.
Corona in Germany: Nationwide controls on the mask requirement - worrying news from the USA
Update from December 7th, 2:16 p.m.:
A disturbing news spills over from the USA.
As a result, an infection with
Sars-CoV-2
harbors a
health risk * that science has not yet had on its radar - and which is of particular concern to men.
Update from December 7th, 1:50 p.m
.: In summer it seemed annoying to most people, in winter the mask ensures one or the other warm nose: the
obligation to wear a mouth and nose cover
in busy places has been out of everyday life for months indispensable.
But the
regulation
is not always followed consistently.
For this very reason, a
nationwide inspection should take place
this
Monday
.
As the federal government explains, the nationwide day of action is also to be checked in public transport and in the city centers.
If the mouth and nose cover is missing, a verbal warning or even a fine of up to 250 euros could be due.
Corona in Germany: Stricter rules for Bavaria - Markus Söder appears again in front of the cameras
Update from December 7th, 10.15 a.m.:
There are strict rules that
Markus Söder announced
on Sunday for all of Bavaria.
The
Bavarian Prime Minister appeared
again in front of the cameras
on Monday
.
Söder mainly defended the stricter corona rules.
The rising
corona numbers
did not allow a gentler course.
“We will be very careful to ensure that this is adhered to,” announced the Prime Minister of Bavaria.
For example, it is checked whether too many customers are in one store at the same time.
Söder did not plan any easing for New Year's Eve either, but
Christmas
was allowed to meet his family.
“It's not the
lockdown
like in spring, but it's about to
happen
,
” explains Söder.
It is therefore important that people only leave the house for a valid reason.
Because of the persistently high
Corona numbers, Bavaria will again declare a disaster
from
December 9th
.
That was decided by the cabinet at a special session in Munich on Sunday.
The state parliament should vote on it on Tuesday.
After the disaster for Bavaria proclaimed by the Prime Minister, a Munich CSU city council was fed up: In an open letter, he criticized Söder's corona policy.
Hard corona setback in Germany: Numbers are increasing again - the last federal state is now a risk area
Update from December 7th, 6.24 a.m.:
All federal states in Germany are now corona risk areas.
Schleswig-Holstein
was the last state to exceed the critical
incidence value
of 50.1.
The state government announced that there were an average of
51.6 infections
per 100,000 inhabitants in the past seven days
.
In comparison, this value is still one of the lowest in Germany.
The number of
new infections
in Germany also remains at a high level, even if the number at the start of the week is, as always, comparatively low.
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported
12,332 new, transmitted cases
on Monday morning
.
That is over 1000 cases more than last Monday.
The number of cases recorded is usually lower on Sundays and Mondays, partly because fewer tests are carried out on the weekend.
In addition, the German health authorities reported
147 new deaths
within one day.
Corona pandemic in Germany: Corona crisis hits airlines hard
Update from December 6th, 9.45 p.m.:
According to matching media reports, the number of
new corona infections registered
in
Germany
within 24 hours
increased again this Sunday compared to the previous week.
Focus Online
reports
13,484 newly reported corona cases
and refers to the data from the health authorities of the federal states.
These are more new infections than on the previous Sunday.
According to
n-tv.de
, the number of cases on Sunday, November 22nd (13,221) was even exceeded - despite the nationwide
lockdown
.
The numbers from Saxony are not even counted because the state only delivers new data on Mondays, they say.
Update from December 6th, 9:15 p.m.:
The
corona crisis
hits the airlines hard.
The
Lufthansa
now has been a dramatic update to job cuts (see link).
Corona pandemic in Germany: Hessen is also considering a curfew for hotspots
Update from December 6th, 7.15 p.m.:
After
Bavaria
,
Hesse
is now considering
a curfew for
corona hotspots
.
“The numbers are too high.
You are going back too slowly, "said Prime Minister Volker Bouffier (CDU) on this Sunday evening on
ARD
:" We have a lot.
But I think we will also have to
come
to the
curfew
. "
Stricter measures are necessary, said the Hessian head of government further: "We will have to ban some things - for example the sale of alcohol or the use of alcohol in public." In
Hesse
, for example, the city of Offenbach am Main (about 130,000 inhabitants) has a high
7-day incidence
of 307.8 (as of December 6).
Bouffier indicated that
exit
restrictions would be localized.
After the Bavarian advance, other federal states could follow.
CSU boss Markus Söder
has
spoken
out in favor of a new
corona summit
before Christmas.
Corona pandemic in Germany: 456 seriously ill Covid 19 patients in Baden-Württemberg
Update from December 6th, 6.30 p.m.:
The
Baden-Württemberg
State Health Office
has
updated
its overview of the situation in the
intensive care units
in the southwest.
According to this, as of Sunday, December 6th,
456 patients seriously ill with Covid-19 were
in the intensive care units, 269 people had to be
ventilated
because of
Corona
.
78.6 percent of the intensive care beds are occupied
, it said.
According to the
German Press Agency (dpa),
1797 newly registered corona infections were added
on Sunday
.
The number of deaths in connection with the insidious lung disease rose by 15. In total,
3021 people
in
Baden-Württemberg
have
died
from or with the
corona virus
so far
.
Corona pandemic in Germany: disaster declared in Bavaria
Initial report of December 6:
Munich -
Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU)
*
has for
Bayern
the
corona disaster
declared.
In
Baden-Wuerttemberg
are
nightly curfews for Covid-19 hotspots
decided.
And
calls for help from doctors can be heard
from German
intensive care units
because capacities are being used to full capacity.
Corona pandemic in Germany: SPD man Karl Lauterbach railed against mulled wine stalls
In this situation,
SPD
* politician Karl Lauterbach has
now
railed
against alleged abuses at
mulled wine stalls
and stands, which in the cold season became popular outdoor contact points for many citizens.
Mulled wine stands are in full swing tonight.
In the Belgian Quarter, for example, people stand with mulled wine / bottled beer without a mask and at a distance.
I don't see any security forces.
Those infected today will infect others next week.
Is it similarly disastrous in other cities?
pic.twitter.com/l6WNg2jIYK
- Karl Lauterbach (@Karl_Lauterbach) December 5, 2020
“
Mulled wine stands
are in full
swing
this evening.
In the Belgian Quarter, for example, people stand with mulled wine / bottled beer without a mask and at a distance, ”wrote
Lauterbach
on the short message service
with a view to Cologne:“ I don't see any security forces.
Those infected today will infect others next week.
Is it similarly disastrous in other cities? "
Corona pandemic in Germany: “Mulled wine walk” in Heidelberg resolved by the police
In another tweet he wrote: “
Mulled wine stands
undermine our contact restrictions.
I don't understand why the city of Cologne allows this. ”Exaggerated or justified criticism?
In
Heidelberg
, up to 200 people had gathered for a "mulled wine walk" * between several restaurants - the
police
broke the crowd because of violations of the
Corona rules
.
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