What a corona summit day that is behind us.
All escalations and all important results for Bavaria in the ticker for reading.
All news in the ticker.
The video summit with Merkel * and the country leaders on how to proceed in the Corona * crisis lasted until 11:34 p.m.
The mood at the summit escalated in the end.
Söder literally attacked Olaf Scholz
(update from March 3, 10:53 p.m.).
Markus Söder warned of a new lockdown at Easter (see update from March 4, 3:39 a.m.).
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Update from March 4, 6:33 a.m
.: On Wednesday the federal and state governments met for hours on how to proceed with the corona pandemic.
In the end, the lockdown was extended - with some easing.
In view of the courageous opening steps, Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder has urged caution.
"It is true that what was decided here is already a very big step," said the CSU boss on Thursday night after the Bund-Laender round in Berlin.
March will be a month of transition.
“It can turn out to be good, but it can also turn out to be bad,” says Söder.
As early as Thursday (March 4), the Bavarian cabinet could implement the measures decided in Berlin - including a step-by-step plan to open up social life.
At yesterday's Corona summit, CSU boss Söder is said to have clashed with Federal Finance Minister Olaf Scholz.
"You are not the King of Germany", Bavaria's Prime Minister is said to have said. *
Corona summit: Chancellor and country leaders decide on opening plan
0.39 a.m.:
The press conference is over.
This ticker for today too.
In summary: All federal states, including Bavaria, have committed to this long-term opening plan.
The further the incidences decrease, the more can be opened.
If it rises above 100 again, the emergency brake applies and a new, possibly regional lockdown comes immediately.
Söder has already made it clear that he will in principle go along with the agreed easing for Bavaria.
Central: Private meetings will soon be allowed again for five (although children under 14 do not have to be counted) and two households, with an incidence of less than 35, Söder is even proposing three households.
Here again the paper that Ramelow and Berlin's Governing Mayor Müller, among others, held up several times this evening and on which everyone could also agree.
The version is no longer entirely up-to-date.
The Looser faction (as opposed to the Caution team) prevailed on one point.
Wherever the incidence is 35, you can mentally replace the number with 50:
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In principle, all countries have agreed on a similar graph, with one change that is no longer shown here: the incidence value 35 has been replaced by 50.
Tomorrow after the cabinet meeting we will find out exactly how Bavaria will follow this timetable.
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Corona summit: Söder is committed to easing measures for Bavaria as well - but warns of a new Easter lockdown
"We defeated the second wave, and the third wave is rolling," said Söder.
The danger and dimension of the third wave depend on each individual.
“That's why we have to be very careful that we don't enter the next big lockdown carelessly.
If a lot of people talk about Easter, then Easter will either have a good time or maybe the next lockdown. ”Therefore,“ a triad of caution, trust and responsibility ”has now been decided.
A special contact regulation for Easter was not decided.
Corona summit: Söder comments on the dispute with Scholz
0.20 a.m.:
Will Söder ever be able to comment on his argument with Scholz?
Söder: “The MPK is actually a closed meeting, but unfortunately it is now more of a public event.
We can also stream them live in the future.
I could well imagine that it would then be significantly shorter.
I fundamentally appreciate Mr. Scholz.
He had a very pointed demeanor, I responded to that.
We had an argument.
But we talked to each other again afterwards.
Now everything is fine again. "
0.15 a.m
.: Now we have landed on the journalists' questions.
Are there any special easings at Easter?
Merkel: At first no, from 35 on anyway.
The press conference after the Corona summit in Relive
0.14 a.m.:
Interesting detail from Bavaria.
The Bavarian Administrative Court recently decided that nursing staff in old people's homes cannot be forced to undergo a corona test.
In addition to rapid tests, Bavaria has also ordered self-tests.
But Söder warns: The fact that everyone can always be tested, also in order to exercise possible freedoms, "currently exceeds capacities".
0.11 am
: "We very much hope that March will be a month of opportunity," concludes Söder.
He very much hopes “that a new lockdown will be prevented”.
This worry seems to be really great for him.
"But I think we found the right balance today."
0.07 a.m.: The
subject of contact
restrictions
also seems to apply to Bavaria.
Söder: "There are now five people and two households again, whereby children under 14 are again excluded." From an incidence under 35, even three households are possible.
0.05 a.m.:
As expected, Söder praised his points wins.
Above all, that family doctors are also allowed to vaccinate.
"In addition to starting up the system of the vaccination centers."
0.01 a.m. on March 4th:
Finally, the Bavarian Prime Minister speaks right on time for the change of day.
“The mind clearly urges caution,” he says.
Even if the sun and spring create different feelings.
The next lockdown is on the horizon.
"Hence this triad of caution, trust and responsibility."
11.55 p.m.:
Berlin's Governing Mayor Müller says a sentence that sticks: "We have saved thousands of lives with this lockdown." At the same time, loosening is now important.
Like Ramelow before, he holds up the opening graphic from the Chancellery.
On the basis of this, every citizen can orientate himself in his personal living environment, how to proceed.
“I think it was a very important conference today.
We can convey very clearly today what the perspective looks like.
You can adjust to what comes next, but you are also challenged. "
Update from March 3, 11:52 p.m .:
"It should be worth
making an effort
," says Merkel.
Therefore, it also holds out the prospect of further easing of the contact restrictions should the incidence fall below 35 regionally.
The timetable is therefore clear: More and more easing: Yes, gladly, but only if the incidences continue to fall or at least remain stable.
At the same time, there is an emergency brake as soon as the incidence limit 100 is exceeded again.
Then all loosening is turned back.
Update from March 3, 11.44 p.m
.: Also relevant for Bavaria: The federal government wants to pay a corona test per week for every German citizen.
Then Merkel comes to the incidences: no earlier than March 22nd, outdoor restaurants, theaters and cinemas (only with quick tests) could open if the incidence value is below 50.
All of this only if the incidence figures are stable or falling, by the way.
Update from March 3, 11:41 p.m.:
Merkel now names the different results, as they had already leaked over the very long evening.
In the future, vaccination should be more and faster, yes, as soon as possible, less vaccine should be withheld and the intervals between first and second vaccination should be extended as much as possible.
Update from March 3, 11.35 p.m
.: The summit is finally over.
The press conference has started.
Followed live in the video above.
Here only the news relevant to Bavaria comes in writing.
Merkel is currently speaking and is saying what she said at the beginning of the summit: "Spring will be different from 2020." She has been looking forward to the sentence with the Prime Minister for hours.
Corona summit: Nerves are on edge - Söder attacks Scholz - Ramelow leaves earlier
Update from March 3, 10:53 p.m.: Meanwhile, the
nerves are apparently blank with the summit video switch.
According to
Merkur.de
information,
Markus Söder has
become even more unfriendly in the tone.
“I don't know what you drank,” the CSU boss said to Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), “You are not Chancellor here!” A verbal escalation level that has probably never been seen before.
The topic was the hardship fund for corona financial aid.
The press conference with Ramelow was actually during the current summit.
“Because I didn't want to keep the journalists waiting.” So Ramelow chats relaxed with the press about the summit, while maybe Chancellor candidate Söder attacks Chancellor candidate Scholz.
Hats off!
Important information also for Bavaria from the secret winner of the evening from Thuringia: The 100 incidence is apparently the magic limit according to the summit resolution.
If the incidence of a state exceeds 100, it is necessary to react drastically.
Obviously, all of the Prime Ministers have agreed on this.
Update from March 3, 10:40 p.m
.: Bodo Ramelow makes a statement in front of the cameras and explains his own test strategy for Thuringia.
Is he the only one taking a break or is the summit coming to an end?
We don't know that at the moment.
What we know: Bavaria also wants to attack its own test strategy.
That said the Bavarian Health Minister Klaus Holetschek at the BR.
“We're doing everything we can to order self-tests and bring this system forward from Bavaria.” He doesn't want to wait any longer for the federal government.
Ramelow, meanwhile, speaks of the number 100 as the core brand.
Very exciting to see what Söder will do with it.
During Ramelow's statement, a man with a mask walks past the press table in Berlin and shakes his head.
We keep waiting.
Update from March 3, 10:24 p.m.:
If you are surprised that nothing new has come here for so long, we have all waited for the ladies and gentlemen to return to the negotiating table.
And apparently they have by now.
According to our information with the following compromise proposal: 35 is off the table.
The 50s incidence mark is said to be crucial for far-reaching relaxation.
The trade is allowed to open underneath.
Museums and non-contact sports are becoming possible again.
In the next few weeks there would also be prospects for theaters and cinemas if the regional incidence remained below 50.
Victory for the looser - defeat for the team Beware of Söder and Merkel.
Of course, it remains to be seen whether Söder will stick to his Bayern rules.
Update from March 3, 9:09 p.m.: Interrupted
due to overheating.
The
German press agency
reports that the summit is taking a break.
Apparently the easing dispute has escalated.
How much Söder can do for it remains to be seen.
In any case, it does not seem to have appeared particularly de-escalating today.
Time for another interim assessment from a Bavaria perspective.
The fact that the lockdown will in principle be extended to March 28th probably came as no surprise to anyone in the Free State.
That family doctors are allowed to vaccinate themselves from Easter is a clear point for Söder.
The easing of the contact restriction to five people and two households should probably not dare to prevent a very cautious Söder in Bavaria.
The candy open garden centers and flower shops are not in Bavaria, because they are already open anyway.
Corona summit as a yardstick for Bavaria's path?
Tomorrow cabinet meeting with Söder
Update from March 3, 9:03 p.m.: Söder's
stance in the currently ongoing easing discussion already suggests a tendency for the Bayern decisions after tomorrow's cabinet meeting (of course there are also live here).
According to picture information, Söder fights like a Bavarian lion for compliance with the self-imposed incidence limits for openings.
So at an incidence of 35, liberal opening and loosening.
From 50 onwards, only Click & Meet in stores and from a hundred on everything is closed again.
Söder is also said to have attacked Union colleague Jens Spahn sharply.
There is talk of easing, even though the necessary vaccination and testing instruments are not available.
Corona summit: Söder provokes with a fiery plea against easing
Update from March 3, 8:32 p.m.:
The summit participants have finally arrived at the topic of easing and Markus Söder is again
setting
the tone here.
According to information from
Merkur.de
*
summit
circles, it
is urgently
promoting
not to loosen up too much.
"Each of us has a tough battle between feeling and understanding".
And further: Everyone also notices the pressure - but the mind clearly says that when the numbers rise, you actually need accompanying instruments such as vaccination and testing - but these are not yet entirely available.
Söder advises keeping the incidence limits strict.
“Anyone who opens without incidences risks a new lockdown.
The incidences catch up with us all. "
And some of them have already leaked.
The contact restriction is to be extended to five people and two households, with couples counting as one household.
Furthermore, there is perhaps a partial opening for tourism with open holiday apartments and campsites with an incidence below 100. Whether Bavaria will participate everywhere is at least doubtful.
In any case, Markus Söder has already scheduled a cabinet meeting for tomorrow morning.
Update from March 3, 7:33 p.m.:
The summit participants are already hopelessly overdone.
For us some time to take stock from a Bavarian perspective.
According to our information, the prime ministers have agreed on a more courageous approach to vaccination doses.
There is now consensus that the range between first and second vaccination should be maxed out for all vaccines.
Fewer doses should be held back as a reserve.
AstraZeneca will also soon be recommended for people over 65 years of age.
Good news for all vaccine-hungry people.
Before that there was a lot of trouble.
Spahn is said to have been furious that the countries are holding back so much vaccine for the second dose.
That did not go down well with the sovereigns.
Not even Spahn's inadequate explanation of the rapid test offensive that went completely wrong.
But Söder has prevailed on one point: Astrazeneca should be allowed to be vaccinated by general practitioners from the end of March, the
Bild
wants to have
learned (see the two following updates on this dispute).
Also not yet confirmed, but at least not unexciting for Bavaria as a holiday destination: As
ntv claims to
have found out, staying in holiday apartments, holiday homes and mobile homes with sanitary facilities should be possible again from March 22nd - under certain conditions.
Corona summit Merkur exclusive: Söder attacks Laschet - and prevails
Update from March 3, 5:34 p.m.:
Merkur.de
* has received exclusive information from the Prime Minister's switch and can confirm and add to the information that has been circulating so far.
According to our information, a violent controversy has broken out between the Union party leaders Söder and Laschet about vaccination.
Söder demanded that the general practitioners be involved immediately.
Laschet wanted to push that.
If you talk about opening the system for family doctors today, "then we'll have them on our hands tomorrow," the CDU chief is quoted as saying.
Söder reacted indignantly.
He is not happy with the release for doctors only from mid-April.
It is regrettable if Laschet otherwise breaks out vaccination chaos.
Söder wanted to know whether Laschet apparently had no confidence in the doctors when he was so critical of it.
Apparently there is now a compromise with a period "after Easter".
So Söder has prevailed.
Previously, according to a
picture
report
, Söder
had already clashed several times with Daniel Günther, the Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein.
"Markus Söder is very angry today," the paper quotes the impression from participants.
Corona summit from Bavaria's perspective: vaccination dispute escalates
Update from March 3, 4:56 p.m.: Does
the vaccination ordinance for Germany fall and with it the prioritization?
The current discussion at the Corona summit in Berlin suggests that.
Söder fired the vaccination debate at the start of the summit (see previous update).
Astrazeneca should be released immediately for everyone and be allowed to be inoculated by general practitioners, hospitals and so on, according to his well-known demand.
The vaccination ordinance, in which a clear list of priorities is stipulated across Germany, led by the over 80-year-olds, who are known to be mostly still at the bottom in Bavaria *, would then fall and only be considered a recommendation.
Surprising: According to
bild.de
, Spahn should not be averse to the idea of letting the doctors decide for themselves.
So that they can simply ignore the prioritization regulation in case of doubt.
Söder's push to prioritize vaccination triggers discussion: encouragement and warning of chaos
Update from March 3, 3:36 p.m .:
The video
switch
between the federal and state governments has been running since 2.30 p.m., the start was actually planned for 2 p.m.
At the beginning of Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder is said to have vehemently campaigned not to leave a vaccine lying around.
"All you can vaccinate ..." is said to have been the saying of the CSU boss.
One has to come out of the rigid “vaccination bureaucracy” in more flexibility, so the demand.
For this reason, all doctors must be involved as quickly as possible, including general practitioners, company doctors, hospitals and school doctors.
According to reports, Söder was initially referring to the Astrazeneca vaccine.
Later, however, this would also have to apply to other vaccines.
Söder is said to have received encouragement for his move, for example from Berlin's Governing Mayor Michael Müller (SPD) and Manuela Schwesig, Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
As was already known before the summit, Merkel, Laschet and Spahn reject these plans from Bavaria.
Rhineland-Palatinate Prime Minister, on the other hand, is said to have warned of a great chaos and defended the current priorities.
Corona lockdown before extension: economy is "stunned"
Even before the results of the summit were finalized, the economy was appalled.
Because according to the proposed resolution, hotels and tour operators should not expect any easing for the time being.
The Federal Association of the German Tourism Industry therefore speaks of a "slap in the face".
Association President Michael Frenzel said on Wednesday that one was “stunned”.
Corona summit in Germany: Merkel and country leaders meet on how to proceed
Update from March 3, 2:08 p.m.:
Today the next steps in the corona crisis in Germany will be decided.
The country chiefs confer with Chancellor Angela Merkel in the afternoon.
Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder is also there.
The CSU boss will also take part in the press conference after the summit.
Tomorrow, today's resolutions will also be a topic in the Bavarian cabinet.
The Council of Ministers will vote on the decisions of the Prime Minister's Conference on Thursday.
"We have to move forward now": CSU minister puts pressure on Söder - new hope for sport
Update from March 3, 10:59 a.m
.: Today Chancellor Merkel is meeting with the country leaders on how to proceed in the Corona crisis (see first report).
The President of the Bavarian Medical Association, Gerald Quitterer, has warned against excessive loosening of lockdowns and contact restrictions.
Because this could easily lead to a significant increase in new infections and destroy the successes of recent months.
Quitterer wrote that in the March issue of the Bayerisches Ärzteblatt.
At the same time, he called for people not to speak badly about the vaccines.
The aim is to use all approved vaccines * to prevent serious disease progression or to avoid Covid-19 disease.
The vaccination gives reason to hope that life will return to normal in the second half of the year.
“The positive trend of the past few weeks does not seem to continue at the end of February.
But thanks to the various approved corona vaccines, we now have the means to keep Sars-CoV-2 in check in the medium term, ”said the medical president.
Corona lockdown in Bavaria - Interior Minister makes it clear: Contact-free sport in the fresh air is possible first
Shortly before the start of the Corona summit, Bavaria's Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann promised a cautious re-entry into popular sport in the Corona lockdown.
He could imagine that initially non-contact sports - including golf or tennis - can be practiced in the fresh air, said the CSU politician on Wednesday in the interior committee of the Bavarian state parliament.
“That is clearly different from a team sport in a closed hall,” said Herrmann.
"We really have to make progress now, at least to relax one or the other offer," emphasized the minister.
"Now we have to wait and see what the Prime Minister's Conference produces," he said.
Herrmann could imagine that there could be scope for easing according to the regional incidence values.
He went on to explain that it is particularly important for children and young people to take up sports again - from a health and social perspective.
“Children and young people need a bit of a group character,” says Herrmann.
He also pointed out that exercise and fitness can also increase resistance to the coronavirus.
"Sport is also important for health," said Herrmann.
He thinks it makes sense to give preference to trainers and trainers in popular sport - similar to teachers and educators - for an anti-corona vaccination.
Lockdown in Bavaria: Two corona tests per week for teachers and daycare staff
Employees in Bavaria's schools and daycare centers are to be tested for Corona twice a week in the future.
For this purpose, 8.6 million self-tests would initially be available per month.
The Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday.
As soon as further deliveries arrive, schoolchildren over the age of 15 should also be able to carry out a weekly quick test.
The ministry announced that more corona tests would soon be procured for self-use.
The offer could then also be expanded to include younger students.
"The tests are gradually being increased - also adapted to further developments in line with the path towards more face-to-face teaching," explained a spokesman for the ministry.
"The tests are voluntary," said the spokesman.
"They are easy to use and help to detect infectious and often asymptomatic people." A positive result must be checked by a PCR test as long as those affected are in quarantine.
Corona lockdown in Bavaria before extension: First details leaked - Söder warns
First report from March 3, 9:32 a.m.:
Munich - Today, Wednesday, Chancellor Angela Merkel * is consulting with the country leaders about how to proceed in the Corona * crisis.
Shortly before the start of discussions on the next steps, the federal and state governments specified their ideas.
The updated draft resolution of the federal-state working group, which was presented to the
AFP
on Wednesday, provides exact specifications for an emergency braking mechanism.
This should make it possible to return to stricter contact restrictions if the number of infections increases.
Corona summit: lockdown before extension, but easing of contact restrictions?
This emergency brake should be pulled if the seven-day incidence * rises to over a hundred on three consecutive days, it is said.
Then the previously valid contact restrictions should come into force "from the second following working day".
This would limit the possibility of private get-togethers to one's own household and one other person.
However, children up to the age of 14 are not counted.
In general, according to the draft, the federal and state governments plan to relax the private contact restrictions as early as Monday: Then up to five people from two households will be able to meet again.
The conditions for the reopening of the retail trade have also been relaxed slightly in the updated resolution.
Accordingly, it was initially planned to only allow one customer per 20 square meters.
The current draft now envisages admitting one customer per ten square meters "for the first 800 square meters of sales area".
In addition, there can then be one customer per 20 square meters.
Way out of the corona lockdown: five-stage opening plan - leisure events soon?
The updated draft resolution also outlines a five-step opening plan for the way out of lockdown - the draft announced the day before still consisted of four steps.
The newly added fifth level provides for outdoor leisure events with up to 50 people;
The prerequisite for this is that the seven-day incidence remains below 35 for 14 days after the previous level has come into effect.
In the new template, it remains that the federal states make the decision on the opening steps.
The openings can then take place nationwide or regionally.
Basically, the lockdown * should be extended until March 28th according to the plans.
Corona summit: Chancellor Merkel advises Söder and other country leaders on how to proceed
The deliberations between the Chancellor and the Prime Minister begin at 2 p.m.
There will be a press conference afterwards.
Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder will also be there.
The CSU * boss repeatedly pleaded for a cautious course in the Corona crisis.
“We need the right balance between caution and opening up.
There must be no uncontrolled opening frenzy.
The situation is unstable.
We mustn't lose our nerve now.
Better a clear compass than a blind flight into the third wave, ”he wrote on Twitter.
(kam / AFP) * Merkur.de / bayern is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
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