The Corona summit on Wednesday was tough struggle.
And yet: The criticism of the resolutions is sometimes devastating.
Both warners and open-minded friends are appalled.
Update from March 5th, 10:11 am
: “Partly incomprehensible and poorly thought out”: Now the German family doctors are also criticizing the new five-step plan
(see first report below from March 4th)
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Its federal chairman Ulrich Weigeldt told the
Rheinische Post
this Friday that
After a long lack of prospects, citizens expected strategies and practical measures that could be implemented.
The fact that entire districts should continue to be subject to restrictions in the event of locally limited virus outbreaks is "neither explainable nor suitable."
With regard to the rapid tests, Weigeldt complained that the order had been placed far too late and too little.
And no one currently knows when these tests will be delivered to what extent and to which locations.
A rush to the general practitioners' practices is to be feared, "which then ends in disappointment because no tests are available."
Merkel's Corona summit causes devastating criticism almost everywhere: "Confusing", "Catastrophe", "Vicious Circle"
Update from March 4, 5:15 p.m.:
He came into the center of criticism at yesterday's Corona summit: Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn.
The discussion about the corona tests in Germany rocked so high that Chancellor Angela Merkel defended her minister.
From the side of the SPD, there is again sharp criticism.
"Health Minister Spahn's latest mishap could, however, delay the implementation of the plans by weeks because he has criminally neglected the procurement of rapid tests and the development of a test strategy necessary for the success of the overall strategy," said SPD chairmen Saskia Esken and Norbert Walter- Borjans according to the
German Press Agency
.
The party accuses Spahn of being responsible for the delayed, nationwide use of corona tests in the Federal Republic.
According to the Ministry of Health, there are enough rapid corona tests on the market, 150 million are on call for federal states and municipalities.
Criticism of the result of the Corona summit: Both warners and opening friends are appalled
First report from March 4, 12.15 p.m .:
Berlin - It took well over eight hours - shortly before midnight, the triumvirate around Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) finally announced the long-awaited step-by-step plan out of the lockdown on Wednesday.
A breakthrough?
Merkel's confidante and head of the Chancellery, Helge Braun (CDU), defended the steps as "absolutely responsible".
But there is no lack of criticism.
Reactions to the resolutions, some of which were horrified, came from the opposition, medical professionals, business and local authorities.
Noteworthy: Both warners and opening friends expressed themselves horrified.
Merkel plan out of lockdown: Lauterbach and doctors warn of “third wave” - opening only intermezzo?
On the part of the open-minded, SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach quickly spoke up.
“The most likely scenario is that with this decision, the 3rd wave will start slowly.
It may even be that the appointment shopping and outdoor catering starts briefly, ”he tweeted.
However, due to the incidence, the “intermezzo” will end by the beginning of April at the latest.
The way until then will "cost" thousands of Covid cases and also bring little to the economy.
"I expect that we will see a significant increase in the number of new infections as a result of the opening scenarios that have been decided - and then also more intensive care patients with Covid-19," said the President of the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (Divi), Gernot Marx. . “The concern is that we will slide into a third wave,” he explained in an interview with the dpa.
Criticism of Corona resolutions: Spahn collects broadside in the Bundestag, Kubicki warns of "vicious circle"
There was a lot going on in the Bundestag on Thursday morning.
There it was decided to continue the “pandemic situation” - the opposition expressed harsh criticism of the summit resolutions, but also of Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU), who spoke for the government in plenary.
The Bavarian Green MP Manuela Rottmann accused Spahn of speaking “in sedating boredom” and of concealing his own lack of plan with the word “togetherness”.
Bundestag Vice President Wolfgang Kubicki (FDP) had already pulled the leather violently in the media.
“No sensible rapid test management, no vaccination management, no alternative to the simple closure of entire industries - after more than a year of pandemic.
With this policy, this federal government is damaging Germany's reputation in the world massively, ”said Kubicki of the
Rheinische Post
.
“It's a vicious circle: the longer this lockdown lasts, the more obvious the ineptitude of this government becomes.
At the same time, this inability extends the lockdown, ”said the Bundestag Vice President.
Merkel's Corona summit and the reactions: “Confusing” and “complicated” - Greens and the district skeptical
The counties also raised concerns about the results of the summit.
The rules are "very complicated", and he does not know "whether this can be understood well in the population," said district council president Reinhard Sager to the newspapers of the Funke media group on Thursday.
Incomprehensible rules would have to be “put to the test in the interest of widespread acceptance of the measures” - a rather complex visualization of the summit plans had already attracted attention on Wednesday.
The district council in Baden-Württemberg also warned of "alternative traffic" when openings at the district level.
Annalena Baerbock, head of the Greens, also found the measures decided at the Corona summit “more than confusing”.
Areas would be reopened without any tests being planned.
Baerbock explained in the ARD “Morgenmagazin” that a test strategy should actually have been developed before Christmas: “It's the very highest railway.
We can't always just run the principle of hope. ”A“ test fiasco ”also saw FDP parliamentary deputy Michael Theurer dawn.
"The fact that it will apparently take a few more weeks before rapid tests are available in sufficient numbers across the board borders on the refusal to work on the part of Ministers Spahn and Altmaier," he complained.
Corona summit: further lockdown in Germany - trade association sees "catastrophe" dawning
The retail sector in Germany finally saw itself crushed by the summit resolutions.
The results are a "catastrophe", declared the German Trade Association (HDE) on Thursday.
In fact, the lockdown for the vast majority of non-grocery retailers will be extended until the end of March and there is a risk of a further ten billion euros in sales losses, warned HDE Managing Director Stefan Genth.
The dealers could "not even come close to saving" concepts for collecting previously ordered goods.
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fn with material from dpa and AFP
)
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