Chancellor Angela Merkel continues to urge the greatest caution, but also speaks of a "fair chance" for the relaxation of the corona - on one condition.
Chancellor
Angela Merkel
*
(CDU *)
speaks on Thursday (January 21) from 11 a.m. in the Federal Press Conference.
It is the fourth time since
Corona *
- and the new
lockdown measures
will be the topic.
Meanwhile, Merkel also urges great caution, even with an incidence * of
50
.
This
news ticker
about
Corona in Germany
is continuously updated.
Berlin - At the recent
Corona consultations
in Berlin, Chancellor
Angela Merkel (CDU)
is said to have
become emotional - when she
encountered resistance from the federal states on
the subject of
school
closings.
A day later, however, it seems to be back on track.
One should “please do not think that when we
are
50
, the life of summer is immediately back.
Then we are immediately back to
exponential growth,
"warned Merkel on Wednesday in a video switch of the Union parliamentary group in the Bundestag, as the
dpa
claims to have learned.
Merkel was referring to the
7-day incidence
, which on that day was
123.5
across
Germany
.
The
federal government has set 50
as the target value for
easing
.
According to the report, Merkel said the health authorities had to be trained to re-establish
contact tracking
for
infections
.
She was quoted as saying: "Otherwise we won't get any leeway for openings."
Corona in Germany: Merkel calls the 50s incidence "pretty shaky"
If, for example, the opening was opened at an incidence of 100 or 120 in neighboring countries, it would have taken two or three weeks to return to exponential growth.
Then there are again restrictions, whereupon the infection numbers drop again.
Depending on the severity of the lockdown, one can observe whether the curves are a little steeper or less steep.
But they would repeat themselves.
Therefore, it is the Federal Government's approach to insist on creating the 50 mark or going below it, stressed Merkel after this information.
An incidence of 50 is
"still pretty shaky"
.
With qualified health authorities, you then have "a
fair chance
to make a few, but very sequenced and well-thought-out relaxations".
Lockdown tightening: Merkel appears in front of the capital's press
Merkel spoke of a very serious situation in an otherwise very hopeful time, after the incidence fell after Christmas and you had a
vaccine *
.
Now it must be ensured that in Germany, very shortly before the
"final stretch of the pandemic", you
do not get another major virus outbreak.
On Thursday from 11 a.m. onwards, Merkel will
explain
herself at the
federal press
conference and answer journalists' questions.
We will then report continuously at this point in a news ticker.
(
AFP / dpa / frs
)
* Merkur.de is part of the Ippen digital network.
