The lockdown will also be extended in Bavaria.
The new measures apply from next Monday.
The high corona numbers are also noticeable in the cemeteries.
Germany continues to struggle with the Corona * pandemic.
The lockdown is therefore extended.
From Monday, tightened measures will also apply in Bavaria.
(see first report from January 9th)
The cemeteries in the corona hotspot Nuremberg are also feeling the consequences of the pandemic - employees can no longer keep up with the burials.
(see update from January 10th)
Here you will find the current case numbers in the
Free State
on a map *
.
This
news ticker
is updated regularly.
Update from January 10th, 9:15 p.m.:
The
wonderful winter weather
caused some unrest
at the
weekend in Bavaria
: There was a lot of excursion traffic in some places in the Free State - for example at the Ochsenkopf in the Fichtelgebirge or at the
Spitzingsee
.
In the Garmisch-Partenkirchen district, a small lake turned into a real hotspot for excursions, as
Merkur.de
* reported.
According to the report of the
Murnauer Tagblatt, something
similar happened
in other already
frozen small bodies of water
south of
Munich
.
Sometimes there were advertisements for
violating corona rules
.
But even in the state capital itself, things went haywire: the police intervened on the Nymphenburg Canal, as
can be read
on
tz.de
*.
In view of this development, another target region of many
excursionists
now
wants
to react: For the time being, visits around the
Arber
in the
Bavarian Forest
should only be possible for locals.
"Tourist day trips to the Regen district are prohibited," said District
Administrator Rita Röhrl
(SPD) on Sunday on the District Office's website.
She justified the decision with the high number of corona infections in the region.
A general decree will be adopted on Monday.
It should come into force on Tuesday and be
valid until the end of January
.
According to figures from the
Robert Koch Institute
on Sunday, there were
more than 268 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants
in
the Regen district
in the past seven days.
This means that the
15-kilometer rule will
probably
apply
in the region from Monday
, according to which people are only allowed to move further than 15 kilometers from their place of residence for good reason.
"It would not be possible to convey to the local citizens that people from regions such as Regensburg, Landshut or Munich could come to the Bavarian Forest for hiking, walking or skiing, but that people from the region would have to adhere to the 15 kilometer limit." The message continues.
Corona in Bavaria: the cemetery sounds the alarm - "can't keep up"
Update on 10 January, 8:25:
Still has
Nuremberg
struggling with high corona numbers.
With an incidence of over 200, the city continues to be a
corona hotspot
.
The
cemeteries
are also
feeling this.
"We come to the cremation and
urn burials
no longer afterwards," said Gerhardt scratches, head of the Nuremberg cemetery managers over expresses
Bild.de
.
“On Thursday we had 100 deliveries to the crematorium.
Thanks to a night shift, we were able to do more than half of it. ”But:
According to
Bild
, a
total of 34 dead could
not be burned.
Corona in Bavaria: Cemeteries can no longer keep up with cremations and burials
This also has consequences for the
storage of corpses in the cold stores
.
The Nuremberg cemetery administration has a total of 240 places - but these are currently not enough at the front and back.
Kratzer: “Basically everything is full, we have now bought two additional refrigerated containers.” They can now store another 80 corpses.
But it is not only in the refrigerated containers that it accumulates.
The
cemetery administration also
reaches
its limits
when it comes to cremation
.
Kratzer: "The urn burials have been postponed indefinitely." For one simple reason: Because burials take precedence in this case.
In the Free State it is a legal requirement that this must take place no later than 96 hours after the death has been established.
Corona in Nuremberg: cemetery employees reach their limits - "That is really exorbitant"
Can he continue to meet this requirement in the near future?
This is currently unclear to the cemetery administrator.
What Kratzer knows exactly: The coronavirus increased
deaths
by 30 percent.
In addition, there is a general increase in mortality in the winter months.
"We ourselves have a
massive sick leave
due to Corona
, I'm already moving the staff so that we can get away with the burials," says Kratzer.
For burials on frozen ground, the cemetery workers help themselves with a jackhammer.
But the small opening for an urn could not be created with it, said Kratzer.
The result: With this additional effort, the employees reach their limits.
"That is really exorbitant," clarifies the head of the cemetery administration.
But - at least for scratches - there is also good news: According to Bild, he is now retired.
So others will have to deal with the corona funeral problems in Nuremberg in the future.
Bavaria: Corona opponents protest in Munich against lockdown measures
Update January 9, 22:33:
With a
motorcade
across
Munich
have
opponents
of the
corona measures
protested on Saturday against the lockdown.
According to the police, 160 people in 87 vehicles met near the Allianz Arena.
In the afternoon they started their journey together, said a spokesman for the Munich police headquarters.
There were no major traffic obstructions.
Only one participant caused some confusion because, according to the police, he had taken the wrong turn.
Other cars followed him, so officers had to rearrange the train.
The police did not provide any information about the organizers.
However, fewer participants turned up than planned.
In the run-up, the police had assumed 120 cars and around 200 participants.
There was also a protest against the corona restrictions
in
Bamberg
.
According to the police, around 70 people had gathered at a rally on the central Maximiliansplatz.
Update from January 9, 7:29 p.m
.: The tightened
lockdown
against the
corona pandemic will be
extended
across
Germany
.
In
Bavaria
,
too,
tightened
measures will
apply from Monday
, which were initially limited to January 31.
Prime Minister
Markus Söder
is already speaking of a further extension and “deepening” of the lockdown (see initial report).
Given the current number of cases in Bavaria, this could actually be realistic.
Because the State Office for Health and Food Safety (LGL) announced on Saturday morning (January 9, as of 8 a.m.) that 3512 people in Bavaria were newly infected with the corona virus.
Overall, the number of infected people was 351,843.
In addition, 145 new deaths were reported.
Within a week there were 150.10 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in Bavaria.
From Monday onwards,
stricter
regulations will
also apply to
Corona hotspots
.
In counties with more than 200 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within a week, people should not move
more than 15 kilometers from their place of residence
without good reason
.
This value was
exceeded
on Saturday by around
20 municipalities
, including the cities of Landshut, Passau and Nuremberg and the districts of Rottal-Inn, Deggendorf, Regen, Bayreuth, Roth and Coburg.
Corona in Bavaria: months to go!
Söder calls for a new tightening and further lockdown extension
Initial report from January 9, 2021
: Munich - the federal and state governments have agreed that the tightened
lockdown will be
extended.
In Bavaria, the next section of the applicable
corona measures
begins
next Monday (January 11).
But even before the expansion occurs, Prime Minister
Markus Söder is
already
calling for
the next lockdown extension.
However, he not only advocated that the lockdown should be extended again, but that it should also be tightened further.
Corona in Bavaria: Tightened lockdown continues - Söder is calling for the next extension
The current lockdown must be extended and
deepened
in some places
, Söder said at the CDU's digital New Years reception in North Rhine-Westphalia, as reported by the BR, among others.
In his opinion, it is not serious to assume that the corona pandemic will end in February.
On the contrary, it will probably keep Germany busy for months.
In particular, the new
virus mutation from Great Britain *
posed another danger that he, like Chancellor Angela Merkel, warned against.
Another point of criticism in his speech included
federal financial aid
.
These would be paid out too slowly for companies hit by the crisis.
Söder said he understands the anger many people are having about the measures, especially from business.
The promised economic aid should finally come.
“It has been taking a long time, and some things seem very bureaucratic.” The November aid payments should not finally come until next week.
"But we are in January."
Söder said too many people were still looking for loopholes in the agreed corona restrictions or discussed individual measures.
Many presented themselves as victims of the pandemic. The real victims, however, are the nearly 40,000 deaths in connection with the virus.
“It's a little stab in the heart every time.” Söder promised that every life would be fought for.
"Every day is a new test."
We create workable solutions for families.
Infants under three years of age are exempt from the contact restriction.
And at school, the following applies: No face-to-face lessons, but also no extended holidays.
Distance learning where possible and emergency care for those who need it.
- Markus Söder (@Markus_Soeder) January 8, 2021
Corona in Bavaria: Söder calls for further lockdown extension - and criticizes "lateral thinkers"
On the short message service
, however, Söder also commented on current developments in the USA.
“What happened in the USA is not far away,” he writes there, referring to the spread of
fake news
and
conspiracy theories
.
This must stop to protect democracy, appeals to the Bavarian Prime Minister.
Fake news and conspiracy theories have to stop.
What lateral thinkers and parts of the AfD spread brings real disaster to our country.
Persistent lies lead to a dangerous world of illusions.
What happened in the US is not far away.
We have to protect our democracy.
- Markus Söder (@Markus_Soeder) January 8, 2021
The so-called lateral thinker movement regularly demonstrated against the German government's corona measures.
Söder sees a great danger in this: "What lateral thinkers and parts of the AfD spread, brings real harm to our country." (
Jbr
) *
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