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Federal Minister of Economics and warning in the crisis: Peter Altmaier
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Prior to the deliberations of the federal and state governments on how to proceed in the corona pandemic, Federal Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier warned against excessive relaxation of the measures to combat pandemic and, if necessary, promised regional easing.
"We must not publicly outbid ourselves with easing schedules," said the CDU politician of "Bild am Sonntag".
“The number of new infections is currently hardly lower than at the end of October when the lockdown began.
It has only been falling sharply for a good two weeks, and the death rate is still very high. «He sees with great concern that the virus mutations have now been detected in almost all of Germany.
He welcomed the concepts from the countries for regional solutions.
"We should be more differentiated," said the Minister.
"Removing the lockdown in super hotspots, which unfortunately still exists in many places in Germany, for example on the border with the Czech Republic, makes no sense." But there would be places where large areas in the federal states had very low infection rates things are different and better, said Altmaier.
Hope for restaurants may not be until Easter
Altmaier announced that the catering would not open until Easter: »I very much hope that by the beginning of spring at the latest, by Easter at the latest, when the sun is shining and you can sit and dine outside, the pandemic wave has finally broken and openings are possible . «He definitely wants to spare the catering trade a third shutdown.
"This lockdown must be the last for a long time for the restaurant industry, which has been through so much," said Altmaier.
The federal and state governments want to discuss the further corona strategy on Wednesday.
The current shutdown to contain the corona pandemic is limited to February 14th.
It is still unclear whether the shutdown will be extended or whether it will be eased for the first time, for example for daycare centers and primary schools.
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