Markus Söder and Michael Kretschmer presented a joint pandemic plan with Merkel before the Corona summit.
Here are the most important key points and the live press conference for reading.
So far, every federal state likes to cook its own soup when it comes to Corona * policy.
After all, Saxony and Bavaria have now drawn up a ten-point plan for a joint pandemic approach.
A common approach on the Czech border is one point, for example.
Here are the key points of the plan and the press conference to look up and read, including the gloomy forecast by Markus Söder * for Wednesday (
see update from 10:47 a.m.).
10.55 a.m.:
The press conference is over.
Below all the statements for you to read again.
Before that, here is a brief summary.
The problem: the
Czech Republic has a very high corona incidence and is an area of mutation.
The British variant is raging there.
The German Corona map clearly shows that these high infection rates spill over the border into the neighboring districts in Saxony and Bavaria.
Counties such as Tirschenreuth in Upper Palatinate or the Vogtlandkreis in Saxony have been topping the German corona hit list with the highest incidences for weeks.
Kretschmer didn't want to watch it any longer and, together with Söder, set up the Saxony-Bavaria alliance.
The aim of
this alliance: to reduce the number of infections from the Czech Republic to zero as far as possible and to finally get a grip on the chronically high corona infection situation in the Bavarian and Saxon border districts.
Measures
: And for this, Söder and Kretschmer actually came up with surprisingly concrete measures.
An overview:
Vaccine:
15,000 doses of corona vaccine will be delivered to the Czech Republic from Bavaria, Saxony and Thuringia today (March 1st).
In addition, Söder and Kretschmer are demanding direct extra vaccine deliveries from the EU to the affected regions.
"We have to immunize faster in the hotspots than elsewhere," says Söder.
The
test strategy
is to be radically expanded in the border regions.
Companies are to become their own test centers.
Companies can register for this and receive training.
Commuters are required to test when entering Germany.
The magic word is the fastest test.
The two prime ministers do not yet know with which tests and how exactly and, above all, when this should take place.
PCR positive tests should all be sequenced so that the corona mutant does not go undetected.
The
border controls
remain in place for the time being.
They're not pretty, say the two of them.
But urgently needed, samples would have shown that.
It is now important to vaccinate all commuters as soon as possible.
Because they carry the mutant on.
"One thing is clear: Entry only with a negative test result," says the joint paper.
Opening and loosening
cannot yet be done in the border regions.
Only when there is a completely new test concept and a higher vaccination rate.
Söder therefore speaks of a regional opening concept for Bavaria.
Where the incidence is low, for example in Munich, “something has to work”.
Not yet elsewhere.
The
Corona summit on Wednesday
with Angela Merkel will hardly be over "by 5 p.m.".
Söder predicts a long evening.
Opinions differed widely.
But at least Saxony and Bavaria are clear and unanimous.
After all.
The Chancellor only has to bring the 14 other countries under one roof on Wednesday.
10:47 a.m.: Söder gives another outlook on the Corona summit with Merkel on Wednesday.
"We won't be finished by 4, 5 pm." The discussions on Wednesday will be long and tough, says the Bavarian.
Also a very nice Söder sentence: "The sun gives people the feeling that the danger has decreased."
10:37 a.m
.: The press conference is drawing to a close.
We will then summarize the most important points for you again here.
The two prime ministers are currently answering a question about compulsory corona vaccination.
Kretschmer says: The discussion makes sense if there is enough vaccine.
Not previously.
Söder adds a typical Söder sentence: "The loss of vaccination speed is the delay of freedom."
10:29 a.m
.:
Specifically, it is about 15,000 doses of vaccine for the Czech Republic, which is to be vaccinated in the border regions.
The Czechs will pick it up in Leipzig today.
Bavaria, Thuringia and Saxony jointly cede these 15,000 cans.
10:23 a.m.:
Söder specifies the vaccination concept.
Vaccine for Czech commuters is a "symbolic measure" in terms of quantity, but at the same time an "effective" one.
Basically you have to go faster when vaccinating.
Söder repeats his call to make Astrazeneca accessible to everyone without prioritization.
"No vaccine can be left lying around longer in Germany."
10.19 a.m.:
Kretschmer repeats the two measures against this "devastating effect".
They want a completely new, intensive test regime and their own vaccination strategy for the border districts.
Companies should become test centers themselves and test them on site.
Extra vaccine should be made loose for the heavily polluted regions.
10.13 a.m.:
Now Saxony's Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU) speaks and explains again how he came up with the alliance idea.
In view of the consistently high numbers, it was “a matter of course” to ask in the Czech Republic, “How can we help?”.
At the same time, it was inevitable to close the borders.
Kretschmer cites high numbers of cross-border commuters from the Czech Republic infected with the British mutant who were noticed in random samples.
“This situation cannot be dealt with with the current tools,” says Kretschmer.
"We have to prevent the effect of spreading it further into the neighboring regions."
10.11
a.m
.:
In addition, Söder repeats his request to completely revise the vaccination concept.
The vaccine must be inoculated by family doctors or company doctors as soon as enough is available.
“This is the only way we can catch up with Germany's dramatic deficit.
And so we are pretty much in agreement for Wednesday. "
10.09 a.m.:
At the same time, the Czech Republic is to be supported directly from Bavaria.
“With beds,” says Söder.
And they want to vaccinate commuters from the Czech Republic quickly, for example.
10:08 a.m.:
Söder wants to bring more vaccine to the hotspot regions.
Especially Astrazeneca.
"One answer to hotspots is that you can't have the same opening regime as we do in Munich, you have to immunize faster there."
10.06 a.m.:
"Regional regulations yes," says Söder, but at the same time there must be a uniform procedure for all federal states.
"Therefore an urgent appeal to the federal government" to take care of exactly this by Wednesday.
Saxony and Bavaria with their hotspots, on the other hand, could work even more closely together.
"We need a close exchange."
Update, 10:01 a.m.:
The press conference starts punctually as the first Markus Söder speaks about the new Saxony-Bavaria alliance.
According to Söder, one of the main reasons for the project is the mutation area of the Czech Republic as a common neighbor.
"The decisions we make this week are crucial," says Söder.
It is now about a "balance between caution and wise opening."
Update, 10 a.m.:
The two prime ministers are still waiting.
Update, 9:08 a.m.:
Markus Söder and Michael Kretschmer want to appear in front of the press at 10 a.m. and present their corona policy.
Here you can follow the press conference live in video and in the ticker.
Munich, March 1st, 6.44 a.m.:
Bavaria and Saxony want to work even more closely together in the fight against Corona.
On Monday (10:00 a.m.) the two Prime Ministers Markus Söder (CSU) and Michael Kretschmer (CDU) want to present a ten-point plan for joint action against the pandemic.
Söder had recently announced closer cooperation, for example with regard to test and quarantine concepts - the overall goal is a procedure that is as uniform as possible.
Bavaria and Saxony are currently particularly challenged by their borders with the Czech Republic: districts near the border have been among the most noticeable corona hotspots in Germany for some time.
That is why there are now stricter controls at the borders with the neighboring country of the Czech Republic.
Söder and Kretschmer name a ten-point plan against Corona - PK here live
We will accompany the press conference live here and inform you immediately about possible innovations.
By the way: As of today, various new relaxations apply in Bavaria.
Here is a detailed overview. *
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