Prevent a pronounced third corona wave: The federal and state governments have agreed on an emergency brake in the event of easing - which Brandenburg is setting independently.
Potsdam - Uniformity and Corona rules: That didn't quite fit together in Germany from the start.
Since the federal states dictate the direction of march and the infection rate in the country is very different from one region to another, the word “patchwork” has haunted the Corona cosmos for a long time.
After all: All 16 country heads and the federal government meet regularly at the well-known Corona summits * to discuss the situation.
And to issue a joint resolution.
But that doesn't mean that everyone will stick to it one-to-one.
With school closings, opening of garden centers or other easing: in the past few months, going it alone has happened again and again.
And now the next deviation follows: with the "Corona emergency brake".
The federal and state governments had stipulated that, despite some opening steps, there had to be a way back if the number of cases increased again significantly.
The magic number 100 came into play.
Means: “If the 7-day incidence * per 100,000 inhabitants rises to over 100 on three consecutive days in the country or region, the rules that were in effect up to March 7th apply again on the second following working day in force. ”So it is in the resolution.
Emergency brake for corona easing: Brandenburg increases incidence value to 200
The state of Brandenburg around Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke (SPD) * has thought a little differently.
In a new ordinance of March 6, the 100 incidence occurs, but there is also the value 200. The rural districts and urban districts should take protective measures if 100 new corona infections occur within the last seven days per 100,000 inhabitants.
However, only if the value of 200 is exceeded for at least three consecutive days will measures that correspond to the situation at the beginning of March come into force.
SPD politician Karl Lauterbach has clearly interpreted this as raising the emergency brake from 100 to 200.
“That is moderately unbelievable.
Relaxation is decided, as agreed in the MPK, but the emergency brake will be increased from 100 to 200 (!), ”He wrote on Twitter on Monday evening.
"Is that serious?
If all federal states do that, there will be a difficult 3rd wave and then a long lockdown, ”he warns.
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SPD politician Karl Lauterbach at a meeting of the German Bundestag
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A short time later, the government spokesman called the Brandenburg State Chancellery on Twitter and explained: "If the state-wide incidence approaches 100, the state government will immediately decide which steps to take." Other criteria such as capacity utilization should also be included health system or vaccination status are taken into account.
It goes on to say: “According to the ordinance, rural districts in Brandenburg are required to take additional containment steps from an incidence of 100 or more.
The emergency brake from an incidence of 200 automatically calls back all March easings. ”So: While other federal states are going backwards at 100, there should first be containment steps in Brandenburg.
Corona emergency brake in Brandenburg: Left boss finds the procedure "irresponsible"
On Tuesday morning, the new Left * party chairman Janine Wissler sharply criticized the procedure.
You think that is "quite a madness", she said in the ntv "early start".
“I find the incidence of 100 pretty unsuitable as an emergency brake.” Because in November you saw that with incidences of 100 you quickly end up in exponential growth.
“I consider it completely irresponsible to increase this emergency brake, which is already unsuitable for further increasing.
That endangers human life and health. "
According to the Corona dashboard of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) (as of March 9, 3:11 a.m.), three districts in Brandenburg currently exceed the 100 incidence.
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