Shortly before the Corona summit: Söder talks about further easing in Bavaria - and gives Munich great hope

Bavaria is one of the federal states with the lowest corona incidence.

Prime Minister Söder continues to advise caution.

Nevertheless, he can imagine further easing in the Free State.

• Next Monday, flower shops, hairdressers and hardware stores will be allowed to reopen in the Free State.

• At the Corona * summit with Merkel and the other prime ministers, Söder consults about the further course of the crisis.

• But even before the meeting, Söder gives Bayern hope for further easing.

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Munich - February is drawing to a close - and with it the extended lockdown.

But what will happen after that in the Free State?

In some regions of Bavaria the incidence is now below 50, in some places even below 35. The first easing will already take place next Monday, March 1st.

Then hardware stores, garden centers and hairdressers will be allowed to reopen.

Lockdown in Bavaria: Corona summit meeting with Merkel and Söder is imminent

Two days later, on March 3, Markus Söder consults with Chancellor Merkel and the other Prime Ministers about the further Corona * course.

But even before the summit, Söder gives Bavaria some hope.

For example, he sees scope for careful relaxation.

"Where the incidence value is low, more contacts are responsible - for example, that if the value is below 35, two households can meet again," said the CSU boss in an interview with the

"Abendzeitung" newspaper.

There should also be prospects for retail, gastronomy and culture.

With the help of quick tests, Söder can easily imagine possibilities for further relaxation.

The tests are to be used primarily in schools and daycare centers.

"In addition, pilot projects could start in the municipalities for individual openings, for example a rapid test center in the city in front of the zoo, in order to be able to open it more quickly," said the Prime Minister.

Corona in Bavaria: Söder welcomes European vaccination passport - and promises easing for Munich

However, Söder still sees the only long-term strategy in the fight against the pandemic in the corona vaccination *.

In doing so, he distances himself from compulsory vaccination, but at the same time the CSU boss makes it clear that "it cannot be that those who are vaccinated continue to have the same restrictions on their fundamental rights as those who refuse to be vaccinated."

For this reason, Söder would welcome a European vaccination certificate.

“It's simple: a little bit of spades and freedom is there.” The Prime Minister himself would “get vaccinated immediately to show that it is not dangerous.” Even with the criticized AstraZeneca vaccine.

With an incidence of 34.8 - as of Saturday, February 27 - the state capital Munich continues to show the lowest value in the German metropolises.

Nevertheless, there was initially no approval for the easing demanded by Mayor Dieter Reiter.

Here Söder continues to urge caution.

Nevertheless, there is good news for the Munich team: "For Munich there will certainly be improvements due to the stable values," announced Söder.

The Prime Minister kept to himself how exactly these should look.

Corona in Bavaria: Söder makes it clear - beer gardens will remain closed for the time being, Oktoberfest 2021 is still uncertain

There is no final statement from the CSU boss about the Oktoberfest in 2021 either. “The risk that such a festival becomes a superspreader event is at least theoretically possible.

Nevertheless: I don't want to promise or exclude anything today, because I don't consider either of these to be serious.

We'll see. ”What Söder makes clear: Until the beer gardens open again - that will take a while because of the highly contagious Corona mutations *.

“The worst would be if we had to turn everything back in three weeks,” he explains his decision.

Teachers and educators have meanwhile moved forward in prioritizing vaccinations.

Many still have to wait - but the first have already received their vaccinations.

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