Germany has to do without large family celebrations at Christmas.
North Rhine-Westphalia Prime Minister Armin Laschet is the first state chief to cancel all easing for Christmas Eve and the holidays.
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany
: The number of
new
Corona *
infections
and
Covid-19 deaths
exploded nationwide on December 11th.
Country chief Armin Laschet (CDU)
announces a
hard lockdown for North Rhine-Westphalia
from December 14th at the latest.
The
Prime Minister of
North
Rhine-Westphalia
is also lifting all planned
Christmas easing
for his federal state - and proposing this for all of
Germany
.
Update from December 13, 3:29 p.m.:
The Prime Ministers of North Rhine-Westphalia and Saxony-Anhalt,
Armin Laschet
and Reiner Haseloff (both CDU) have appealed to people to follow the stricter Corona rules.
Laschet said on Tuesday that next to meetings in close family circles, further contacts should be avoided at Christmas.
Haseloff emphasized: "Now the behavior and discipline of all of us count."
Laschet said in the Düsseldorf state parliament: "The virus does not take Christmas into account.
We have to do the opposite of what we like to do. ”“ With and for one another ”must be the defining message of this year's Christmas.
The tightened “lockdown” requirements in Germany, which began on Wednesday, are about nothing less than saving lives, said the NRW head of government.
The restrictions on public life would in all likelihood continue into the new year.
But the effort in the fight against the virus should be easier because 2021 will be better because of the vaccinations that are starting: "The vaccines are a light."
Update from December 13, 5:20 p.m.:
The
Dortmund police
broke up a party in a
daycare center
on the weekend
that violated the applicable
Corona measures
.
As announced on Sunday, residents called the
police
on Friday evening
because they wanted to complain about the volume in the facility.
Accordingly, the music should have been audible on the street.
The arriving officers met 14 employees on the premises, who celebrated without distance and
mouth and nose protection
.
The
party guests
received reports of violations of the
Corona Protection Ordinance
.
In addition, the police issued a dismissal to those involved.
Corona virus in NRW: Laschet justifies hard lockdown in Düsseldorf
Update from December 13th, 1:41 pm
: "We now need a pre-quarantine before Christmas and clear measures afterwards," said
NRW Prime Minister Armin Laschet (CDU)
on Sunday in Düsseldorf
(see today's updates since 12.41 pm)
.
Hamster purchases
and
overcrowded inner cities
should be avoided.
However, the new
hard lockdown
differs from the
spring
lockdown :
It was a common stance "not to isolate the old and those in need of care again," says Laschet.
“We need solutions that will not lead them back into loneliness and leave them alone.” To achieve this, the obligation of employees in old people's and nursing homes to conduct regular
corona tests * was
introduced.
The employees would now also have to
wear
FFP2 masks
.
Coronavirus in North Rhine-Westphalia: But no hotel stays over Christmas
In
hotspots
also applies the requirement for
visitors
of the residents, a
maximum of 24 hours
to submit old negative corona test.
The number of Covid-19 patients in the
intensive care units
in North Rhine-Westphalia has quadrupled
since October
.
Only 15 percent of the intensive capacities are still available - “with a downward trend”.
Hotels
in North Rhine-Westphalia are also not allowed to offer overnight stays for Christmas family visits.
The state is moving away from the offer at the end of November: "Since the number has now been
reduced
to the
very narrowest family circle
, it is also made clear for hotels that no overnight stays should take place," said Laschet in Düsseldorf.
Laschet to Corona in NRW: Visits to the elderly different than in the spring lockdown possible
Update from December 13, 1:09 p.m
.: In about 20 minutes,
NRW Prime Minister Armin Laschet (CDU)
declared the corona line for his state this Sunday.
The most important points from the press conference:
Christmas
parties: A maximum of five people from two households can meet up until January 10th.
On December 24th, 25th and 26th,
a household can
meet
with four other
relatives.
Compulsory attendance at schools
: From December 14th, learners
from grade 8 should
stay at home - and if possible also
grades 1 to 7
, for which there is emergency care.
Daycare centers
should remain open.
New Year's Eve
and New Year's: There is a ban on gathering, gathering and
fireworks sales
.
Update from December 13th, 1:06 pm
: Will the lockdown last longer than
January 10th
?
"We are currently doing everything we can," Laschet replies to this request in the
Corona-PK
, but does not want to make a prediction.
“The pandemic taught:
Any forecast beyond four weeks will go wrong.
It usually turned out differently than the experts advised, and also than we thought. "
Update from December 13, 1:01 p.m
.: “Not to find the loophole again”, according to Laschet, is the goal of the corona measures that have been decided. “Perhaps everyone can even make more effort
to reduce contacts
- that would be the mentality that I like I would wish for the coming days. "But:" There will be no
random samples under Christmas trees
, that is completely removed from the reality of life. "
Update from December 13th, 12:56 p.m
.:
Compared to some other federal states, NRW has “prepared” for
schools
and
daycare centers
, explains Laschet: From Monday, the
compulsory attendance
for grades 1 to 7 should be lifted, but there will be emergency care.
Students from the 8th grade should stay at home
.
"The daycare centers remain open, but we appeal to all parents who are not dependent on them not to make use of them."
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NRW Prime Minister Armin Laschet (CDU) has sworn people to a hard time and days of privation.
© Marius Becker / dpa-Pool / dpa
Laschet on Corona in NRW: "Christmas and New Year's Eve must not be superspreading events"
Update from December 13th, 12:51 pm
: "Christmas and New Year's Eve must not become
super-spreading
events
," warns Laschet urgently at the Corona-PK.
Therefore,
contact restrictions
(a maximum of five people from two households) continue to
apply
.
For the three Christmas holidays, on the other hand, the rule should be relaxed a little:
One household plus four people over and above it
(plus children up to the age of 14) - if they are close relatives, according to the NRW Prime Minister.
What the nationwide
fireworks sale ban
.
As far as is concerned, Laschet still has a hint: "Firecrackers that have already been purchased should not be ignited." In the event of injuries, the hospitals would have to concentrate on
Covid 19 patients
.
Update from December 13, 12.44 p.m
.: Saxony, Thuringia and Bavaria have an incidence of over 200, according to Laschet.
Then he starts talking about NRW: “But the number is increasing here too.
Over a thousand people are struggling for their lives in these minutes in our hospitals. ”
Therefore, for a few weeks, it is not only necessary to rest as in November, but to stand
still
.
Update from December 13, 12.41 p.m
.: After the federal-state consultations with Chancellor
Angela Merkel (CDU)
this Sunday, NRW Prime Minister
Armin Laschet (CDU)
explains to
the press: "Germany is in a very serious situation, our country is threatened with a health emergency, ”he adds.
The only solution that the federal and state governments have found
“together”
, as he emphasizes, is the fastest possible
lockdown
.
Corona in NRW: Laschet expresses himself live in PK on the situation
Update from December 13, 2020:
The hard lockdown is coming!
After the conference of the prime ministers with Angela Merkel, North Rhine-Westphalia's father Armin Laschet will speak in a press conference on Sunday (December 13th) from 12.30 p.m.
Today, 12.30 p.m., LIVE: Prime Minister @ArminLaschet informs about the results and further measures of the state government in #NRW pic.twitter.com/VpQwTaJtAo after the deliberations in the federal-state group
- State Chancellery NRW (@landnrw) December 13, 2020
Corona in North Rhine-Westphalia: Laschet cancels Christmas easing - church service as a superspreader event?
Update from December 12, 2020, 8:25 p.m.:
Before the federal and state governments discuss a hard corona lockdown on Sunday (December 13), the situation in Germany remains explosive.
NRW Prime Minister Armin Laschet canceled all the easing that was planned for Christmas on Friday.
Now as the
Westfalen-Blatt
and
Lippe newspaper
report are to the end of November a lot of people with at a Gottestdienst
coronavirus
infected.
District Administrator
Axel Lehmann
(SPD) told the
Westfalen-Blatt
: “On November 22nd there was a free church service in Lippe, attended by 165 people.
Then 65 tested positive. ”That corresponds to around 40 percent of the participants.
With a 7-day incidence of 303.3 (as of December 12), the district is one of
Germany's
corona hotspots
.
Stricter measures have been in place since Saturday (December 12), as the
Lippische Landeszeitung
wrote.
For example, only two people from different households can meet each other.
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After a church service in North Rhine-Westphalia, 65 people tested positive for the corona virus.
© picture alliance / dpa
Corona in NRW: the number of infections is increasing rapidly - Laschet announces drastic consequences for Christmas
Our first report from December 11, 2020:
Munich / Düsseldorf - The
coronavirus pandemic *
does
not stop
before
Christmas
*
in the truest sense of the word.
After a veritable explosion in the number of infections on Friday, December 11th, with almost
30,000 new Corona * infections throughout Germany within 24 hours
,
Armin Laschet (CDU)
canceled all planned
easing in
North Rhine-Westphalia for
Christmas
.
The NRW Prime Minister called for this measure to be
implemented
throughout
Germany
.
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Corona lockdown in NRW: Winterberg in the Hochsauerland.
(Symbol image)
© Julian Stratenschulte / dpa
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: Armin Laschet cancels all Christmas easing for NRW
According to this,
a maximum of two households with five people can meet
in
NRW
on
Christmas Eve
and the
Christmas holidays
.
“The
contact restrictions over Christmas
are to be withdrawn.
The following applies: Two households with a maximum of five people.
More than five people and two households are not allowed to meet on
New Year's Eve
, ”Laschet explained at a special press conference in Düsseldorf on the
Covid-19 * situation
.
Laschet
described "dramatic reports from the intensive care units all over
Germany
".
The head of the state from
North Rhine-Westphalia also
called for the
corona crisis summit
with Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) *
, originally planned for
Sunday, to be brought forward from Sunday to Saturday - due to the latest developments in the pandemic.
Acting quickly and together is important now.
We need a prime ministerial conference with the Chancellor as soon as possible in order to prepare a tough lockdown for all of Germany.
https://t.co/yNl8eGzWaE
- Armin Laschet (@ArminLaschet) December 11, 2020
“Acting quickly and together is important now.
We need a prime ministerial conference with the Chancellor as soon as possible in order to prepare a tough lockdown for the whole of Germany, ”
Laschet
wrote
on Twitter.
Coronavirus pandemic: hard lockdown for NRW decided - from December 13th
“The
lockdown
has to come as soon as possible.
All business beyond the essential needs will be closed as soon as possible, until January 10, "said the CDU politician, who is considered a confidante of
Chancellor Merkel
, earlier at his press conference:" The requirement to be present at schools will be lifted for this Monday, so we will have fewer students in class.
Students from grade eight should stay at home and be taught at a distance. "
If it goes to Laschet, there should
now be "no more patchwork"
in the federal state of
Germany
with its 16 federal states.
The 59-year-old asked “as soon as possible” for uniform rules - even at
Christmas
.
(pm)
* Merkur.de is part of the Germany-wide Ippen-Digital editors network
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