Corona in Bavaria: Lockdown forces hairdressers into illegal work - "There is pure despair"

The lockdown has just been tightened and extended until mid-February.

At the same time, the number of new infections in the Weilheim-Schongau district is falling rapidly.

District

- The

seven-day incidence value continues to

decline in

the Weilheim-Schongau district

.

Yesterday it was already 66.4 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants.

And yet the

lockdown

was tightened and extended again.

"I am appalled how the restrictions are being tightened more and more across the board instead of reacting in a regionally targeted manner locally," said Susann Enders (Free Voters / Weilheim), member of the state parliament, in an interview with the local newspaper.

“In view of the current

incidence values

and the

FFP2 mask requirement

it would be possible to open the hairdressers and restaurants in the Weilheim-Schongau district immediately, ”she adds.

"But even as a member of a government faction, it is difficult when the Prime Ministers and the Chancellor in Berlin

decide

on

corona

measures

for all of Germany

."

Corona: restaurateurs are skeptical about early opening

Already last autumn, attempts were made

to react

regionally to the number of

infections

- with the so-called "Corona traffic light".

At an

incidence value

of 25 in the respective district, this switched to yellow, at 50 to red, at 100 to dark red.

This went hand in hand with tightening restrictions on public life.

Would that be a way in the interests of those affected?

“Just don't go back and forth,” says the deputy district chairman of the German Hotel and Restaurant Association, Katharina Haller from Peißenberg.

Even the one-week

opening of the restaurants

over the Christmas holidays,

which has meanwhile been discussed, was

viewed with great skepticism by the industry.

Because in the end there is a risk that the

restaurateurs will

pay extra.

"It is very time-consuming to go back to regular operations," reports the specialist.

The cold stores would have to be started up again, the dispensing system flushed, goods to be bought.

In addition, you have to get people out of short-time work.

"You can't open a week, then close again and then open again."

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She also sees problems emerging from an epidemiological point of view: “We can't say we're only opening up for the people from the district.

And when guests from regions with a

high incidence

value come to us, we run the risk that the virus will be reintroduced and we will start all over again. ”Much more important than debates about short-term openings is that the promised

state corona aid is

finally available be paid out.

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Michael Sendl, chairman of the district association in the Bavarian Trade Association, described the falling number of

infections in the district

as "brilliant news"

.

However, he warned against

jeopardizing the

successes achieved by

opening

the shops too

quickly

.

"Today this and tomorrow that - it won't work," he said.

However, there should also be planning security for those affected: "Our dream is that we will really be able to open again from February 15th." Sendl knew to report that at least the advance payments for the companies concerned were sometimes transferred very quickly.

Also

Click & Collect

have commanded the shops a real prospect.

Corona: hairdressers are desperate

The situation in the

hairdressing trade is

completely different

: "Everyone scratches their feet, could get started tomorrow," said the managing director of the district craftsmen, Roland Streim, yesterday.

The

hairdressing salons have been

closed for

ten weeks

.

Ten weeks no income, instead the business

owners

would have to advance the

short-time working allowance

for the employees and the rents.

Money from the state "has not yet been received by anyone, the

bureaucratic hurdles

are far too high," said Streim.

There are "the most sophisticated hygiene concepts" for

hairdressing salons

: "With 700,000 hairdresser visits last year, a total of

six corona infections were

registered."

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Not only for the companies, but also for the employees, the

lockdown is

now assuming existence-threatening proportions.

"There is pure despair," continues Streim.

67 percent of a hairdresser's salary as

short-time work allowance

for housing and living costs in Upper Bavaria - “that's not enough”.

This would

encourage

undeclared work

.

With all the negative side effects:

chains of infection

could not be traced, taxes and social security contributions would not be paid.

The

hairdressing trade is

also threatened with

bloodletting in the

long term

: "Last year we had 44 percent fewer new trainees than in 2019," said the managing director of the Oberland district craft association.

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