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Schools, shops, contacts at Christmas: Merkel is calling for a hard lockdown in an unusually emotional way

2020-12-10T20:30:16.574Z


In view of the development in the corona pandemic, Chancellor Merkel wants to enforce stricter lockdown rules to protect the population.


In view of the development in the corona pandemic, Chancellor Merkel wants to enforce stricter lockdown rules to protect the population.

  • In the Bundestag, the head of government is calling for stricter requirements to contain

    Covid-19

    .

  • Even

    before Christmas

    , according to Merkel further steps need to be made.

  • She is also pushing for a

    tough lockdown

    after the holidays.

Berlin -

Angela Merkel

found clear words on Wednesday.

The Chancellor spoke more emotionally than seldom in the Bundestag about the

corona pandemic

and pleaded for additional measures.

The occasion was a

general debate on the budget

for the coming year.

This will also be strongly influenced by the current health crisis.

"We have to work hard now and get through this together," warned Merkel in her speech.

590 deaths

within one day are unacceptable.

The

Robert Koch Institute

(RKI) reported this new high on Wednesday morning.

Therefore, it proposes concrete new measures up to a harder lockdown and names a clear goal:

to reduce

the

nationwide incidence value to 50

.

  • Extension of school holidays and digital lessons

  • Hard lockdown after Christmas

  • No opening of hotels over the holidays

Angela Merkel in the Bundestag on Corona lockdown: move forward and extend school holidays before Christmas

It wants to achieve this goal by significantly tightening the applicable restrictions.

Merkel emphasizes

that you should be

active

before Christmas

.

There should not be an

exponential growth in the number of infections

again.

Therefore, she brings an

extension of the school holidays

into play, possibly until January 10th.

One must also think about starting the vacation on December 16 instead of December 19 as planned.

If this is not possible,

switch

to

digital

teaching.

Chancellor #Merkel in the Bundestag on the importance of scientific knowledge.

@Leopoldina pic.twitter.com/WoRPHqhgjJ

- Steffen Seibert (@RegSsprecher) December 9, 2020

Hard corona lockdown after the holidays: Merkel insists on restrictions

Contacts and travel must continue to be avoided during the Christmas season,

she continues to consider staying in a

hotel

for

visiting

relatives to be “wrong”.

They create the wrong incentives.

The Chancellor is in favor of

a nationwide,

tough lockdown

after the holidays

until January 10th

and thus joins the

proposals of the Leopoldina Science Academy

.

Shops should then also be closed.

In her opinion, the recommendations are correct.

“Let's take it seriously!” Said the Chancellor, “otherwise the pandemic will slip away from us again”.

Merkel called the

vaccinations against the coronavirus

expected from January

“a glimmer of hope”.

However, she warned against too high expectations.

However, Merkel did not announce a specific timetable for new federal and state resolutions.

(mam / AFP)

List of rubric lists: © Kay Nietfeld / dpa

Source: merkur

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