Munich fluctuates around the crucial incidence of 50. This makes the Corona opening plan very complex.
OB Reiter sees the project critically.
Munich - This number is magical - at least these days.
50!
If the corona incidence * (i.e. the number of new infections in the last seven days per 100,000 inhabitants) is lower, there will be extensive easing from next Monday.
If it rises above it, the opening is slowed down.
And Munich is on the brink: on Thursday the value was 45.6.
Ascending trend.
Everyone is now hoping that the trend will turn again and that the number will just not climb over 50 ...
Implement corona resolutions: Munich crisis team meets - OB-Reiter finds measures difficult
How the resolutions of the Bavarian state government on Wednesday will be implemented in Munich * will be decided by the city crisis team on Friday.
Mayor Dieter Reiter * (SPD) says: "Even if I generally welcome the fact that relaxation is being considered, the measures that have now been taken are very complex, very difficult."
Munich: Nina Hugendubel complains about the relaxation of the Corona - "decisions are disappointing"
Basically: The retail trade is allowed to open from Monday in areas with an incidence below 50 under strict conditions.
If the value rises above 50, purchases can only be made with an appointment.
After all: it works!
"We are very pleased that we can reopen after such a long period of waiting," says Nina Hugendubel, managing partner of the bookseller Hugendubel.
“Nevertheless, the latest decisions are disappointing, especially for retail, gastronomy and culture.
Life has to go back to the city centers - and that includes everyone involved. "
That will be the case in two weeks at the earliest, from March 22nd: Then outdoor catering can start, and theaters, concert halls, opera houses and cinemas can open.
Another 14 days later, from April 5, outdoor leisure events with up to 50 participants would be allowed.
Munich mayor Reiter criticizes Corona step-by-step plan - incidence back and forth a mammoth task
OB Reiter doesn't seem happy with the approach.
There are now even three incidence levels, “each of which triggers different regulations”, according to Reiter (ie under 50, from 50 to 100 and over 100).
He hopes that at least in the regulation of the Free State - this is to be published today - rules that are enforceable for the administration and understandable and practical for the citizens will be made.
Wolfgang Fischer, head of the CityPartner dealer association, also knows how shaky the situation is.
He asks, "What do we do if the incidence rises above 50 on Sunday?"
Nobody was able to answer that exactly on Wednesday.
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