Corona rules in Lower Saxony: That is allowed - Minister of Health with a gloomy forecast

The number of corona cases is also skyrocketing in Lower Saxony.

Some federal states are already imposing curfews.

What applies in Lower Saxony?

• The

  corona

  *

  new infections

  in

  Lower Saxony

  are increasing.

• States like Hesse, Bavaria and Baden-Wuerttemberg have

  curfews

  imposed.

• Which

  rules

  apply in

  Lower Saxony

  ?

Göttingen - The

rise unhindered in Lower Saxony.

There was great hope that the

the numbers down.

But now the

(RKI) is

reporting

a sad record of deaths for the first time.

Across Germany, 590 people died within the last 24 hours in connection with the

.

The

numbers are also increasing

in

.

More than 1000 new cases were reported on Wednesday (December 9th, 2020), as well as 42 fatalities.

The

is serious.

The discussion about tougher measures continues.

Melanie Brinkmann, virologist at the Helmholtz Center Braunschweig, believes that stricter contact restrictions are

necessary

as early as

.

That reports

Corona in Lower Saxony: Chancellor for tougher measures

Chancellor Angela Merkel

has called for extensive closings after

.

Shops should therefore remain closed until January 10, according to Merkel in the

on Wednesday (December 9, 2020).

The school holidays are also to be extended or converted to digital lessons.

Some federal states have therefore taken drastic

.

First of

all

, Saxony is imposing a hard

: Many shops, schools and kindergartens will be closed from Monday (December 14, 2020).

In Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hesse, there is a

for certain times with a 7-day incidence of 200 or more

.

But how does that look for

?

The positive trend of the past week is also stagnating for us.

The #infection numbers are much better than in most other countries, but we cannot be satisfied either.

Please help everyone to get the #virus under control!

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- MP Stephan Weil (@MpStephanWeil) December 8, 2020

Corona in Lower Saxony: Minister of Health with a gloomy scenario

Lower Saxony's

Minister of Health

(SPD) expects constant contact restrictions - and that for months.

"I myself assume that contact reduction is the winter mode for the coming months," said Reimann in the state parliament in Hanover.

"The seven-day incidence must be below 50 so that the chains of infection can be tracked again."

Relatives should

also be able to visit

people in

in

on public holidays.

The nursing homes are preparing for this, according to the state chairwoman of the Federal Association of Private Providers of Social Services, Ricarda Hasch.

Relatives should already contact the facilities in order to coordinate the visit options and times.

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Lower Saxony's Prime Minister Stephan Weil (SPD) does not currently consider tightening the corona measures in Lower Saxony to be necessary.

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Corona in Lower Saxony: Weil does not see tightening as necessary

Prime Minister Stephan Weil

(SPD) currently sees no need to tighten the

.

"In the days before December 20, 2020, we will then analyze the current situation in detail and decide whether we

 need to change

the

in our 

or can update them," said the SPD politician.

"In

we tend

to take a cautious and cautious line and have had good overall experience with our course."

Still applies in the

the

: Both outside and inside are allowed to meet up to five people in two households.

Children under the age of 14 are

exempt

from the

.

The gastronomy remains closed.

Corona in Lower Saxony: hardship measures for schools

Should a region exceed the incidence of 200, there is

alternating instruction

for

from the 7th grade onwards.

Students alternate between home and school classes in split classes.

Mask requirements then also apply to primary school students.

There are also concrete plans for how the schools in Lower Saxony should continue in 2021.

A

, such as in Bavaria and Hesse, is

currently not discussed

in

.

Should the state government decide otherwise, however, areas with an incidence value of 200 or more could be affected.

Above all, the districts of

(167.6) and

(163.8) and the city of

(168.9) are recording many new infections and are approaching the 200 mark (as of December 9, 2020).

(kas)

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