Chancellor Angela Merkel will deliver a government statement in the Bundestag on Thursday.
She also faces the opposition's criticism of the resolutions of the Corona summit.
On Wednesday, February 10th, another Corona * summit took place between the federal and state governments.
The lockdown * was extended and further decisions were made.
Chancellor Angela Merkel * will deliver a government statement in the Bundestag on Thursday.
Berlin - Now it is clear: the lockdown will be extended by three weeks.
It was already clear beforehand that the measures to combat the corona pandemic would go into the next round, but the date was still disputed.
March 7th is the result of the Corona summit between the federal and state governments on Wednesday.
Chancellor Angela Merkel will face the Bundestag on Thursday.
From
nine o'clock
the Chancellor will issue a government statement and answer the opposition's criticism.
However, the date of the lockdown extension is not the only explosive decision of the digital federal-state meeting.
This was all about concern about the new Corona variants.
Angela Merkel emphasized in the subsequent press conference: “We will have a new virus and we will live with the new virus.
And that's why we have to go down, down, down with the case number. "
After the Corona summit: Resolutions have now been made - lockdown will be extended until March 7th
For the first time, specific opening steps were linked to an incidence value *.
That is now below 35 per 100,000 inhabitants: within a week.
If the countries fall below this golden mark, further easing can be made.
The next steps towards opening should only take place when there is a "stable" incidence of no more than 35 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days, stressed Merkel.
This value is "within reach" "if the trend continues to decline".
Then, among other things, retail stores are to be opened under certain conditions.
According to the decision paper, these next opening steps should take place "through the federal states" - a patchwork quilt could thus arise.
There is now a concrete outlook for the hairdressers.
From March 1st, they should be able to resume their work under protective measures.
For Markus Söder, Bavarian Prime Minister, this also has something to do with “dignity”, as he emphasized at the press conference on Wednesday.
You have to give people the opportunity to "find themselves again".
Berlin's Governing Mayor Michael Müller showed less understanding for the need for a haircut.
Angela Merkel warns of Corona mutations - school and daycare openings are now state sovereignty
Schools and daycare centers were another central topic.
"Within the framework of their cultural sovereignty, the federal states decide on the gradual return to face-to-face teaching and the expansion of child day care services," says the decision paper.
Michael Müller has already announced that Berlin wants to gradually open schools from February 22nd.
Primary schools are initially given priority.
Other federal states had also made similar statements.
Bavaria's Prime Minister Söder announced that his country would be "rather cautious" on the subject.
Merkel admitted at the press conference after the Corona summit that she had “certain ideas of her own” that deviated from those of the federal states.
However, education is the responsibility of the federal states - "cultural sovereignty counts".
It is "simply not possible that I can assert myself as if I had a right of veto," said the Chancellor.
However, one thing was important to Angela Merkel above all: to warn of the danger of corona mutations.
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