Before today's federal-state consultations, there are calls from politicians for the "emergency brake" as well as calls for the corona measures to be relaxed.
On Monday (March 22nd, 2021),
Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel
* and the Prime Ministers of the federal states will discuss how to proceed with the
corona
pandemic *.
Before the
federal-state conference
, the number of
infections
with the
corona
virus
increases significantly.
Karl Lauterbach
sees a night
curfew
as the last solution, but as possibly necessary.
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SPD health expert
Karl Lauterbach
warns that a night curfew cannot be avoided if the number of cases continues to rise.
The spreading
corona mutation
B.1.1.7 is "four to eight times more contagious" than the previous virus over a month, he justified his claim.
He currently holds measures such as
curfews
but not yet mandatory: "
output restrictions
are the last resort it is necessary to try to prevent that." The only chance to offer a "very strict test concept" with two tests per week in all schools and businesses .
The capacities for this are being "built up feverishly".
Corona summit - Karl Lauterbach sees curfew as an emergency solution
FDP
boss
Christian Lindner
,
on the other hand,
rejects
curfews
to contain the
corona pandemic in
principle.
He said on “Bild live”: “I always consider exit restrictions to be disproportionate, too strict a restriction of freedom.” In addition, they would not necessarily
contribute
to
infection protection
: “If members of a household move outside in the fresh air, I see no reason to to forbid them to do so. "
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Health politician Karl Lauterbach (SPD).
(Archive photo)
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From 2 p.m. the federal and state governments will discuss at the Corona summit: These are the points of contention at the meeting.
Before the corona summit: the number of infections is increasing - lockdown until after Easter?
Update from Monday, March 22nd, 2021, 5:00 a.m.:
Under the impression of rapidly increasing numbers of infections, Chancellor
Angela Merkel
(CDU) and the Prime Ministers of the federal states will discuss the next steps in
corona policy
on Monday (2:00 p.m.)
.
It was already apparent in advance that the lockdown measures would be extended to over Easter.
The round should also discuss whether the slight easing that took place just two weeks ago needs to be reversed.
With the approaching Easter holidays in view, several federal states want to enable citizens to take a vacation at least in their own country under strict protective measures.
The question of how the face-to-face teaching in schools and daycare centers will continue is considered open.
At the beginning of March, the last federal-state round provided the opening decisions with an emergency brake - it should take effect if the
seven-day incidence
rises
above 100
.
The weekend incidence value exceeded this mark nationwide.
Before Corona summit: SPD politician warns of "frustration in the municipalities"
Update from Sunday, March 21, 2021, 8.30 a.m.:
Before the federal-state conference on Monday (
March 22, 2021
), President of the City Council Burkhard Jung warned of the dwindling acceptance of the
corona measures
in the municipalities.
"I am worried that the corona policy of the federal and state governments will lose local support - including the mayors," said the SPD politician to the newspapers of the Funke media group.
The unity among the mayor: inside is becoming fragile, noted Jung.
"If the federal and state governments do not succeed
in convincing
people of the
Corona policy
with clear rules and good communication
, we will get a difficult situation," he said.
Especially after the recent Bund-Länder-Round there was great frustration in the municipalities.
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Corona "emergency brake": Opinions differ (symbol image)
© Tobias Hase / dpa
Before the Corona summit: Politicians have to pull the "emergency brake", doctors demand
First notification:
Berlin - The next federal-state conference will take place on Monday (March 22nd, 2021).
It is about how to proceed in the
corona pandemic
.
Actually, further
relaxation of
the existing measures was planned
at this point in time
.
But in view of the increasing number of cases *, medical professionals are sounding the alarm - and demanding that the federal government and the prime ministers of the federal states adopt stricter restrictions.
Federal-state consultations: Doctors: inside want to pull the Corona emergency brake
On Friday evening,
Angela Merkel
(CDU) pointed out the "
emergency brake
" that the federal and state governments had jointly decided and which
applies
from a
7-day incidence
of 100.
"Unfortunately, we will also have to make use of this", announced the Chancellor after the Corona vaccination summit *.
"I would have wished that we could do without this
emergency brake
, but that will not be possible when I look at the development of the last few days." The latest easing has to be reversed due to the exponentially increasing number of infections.
The following morning, the Robert Koch Institute (
RKI
) reported 16,033
new corona infections
and 2017 deaths related to
Covid-19
.
Last Saturday there were 12,674 new cases.
Within a week, the
incidence
for Germany rose from 76.1 to 99.9.
The trend is clearly upwards.
Experts such as SPD health politician Karl Lauterbach (SPD) or the virologist Christian Drosten warn of the third wave *, which is being
accelerated
in particular by the
corona mutants
*.
Corona summit: intensive care physicians: inside want "return to the lockdown of February"
Susanne Johna, head of the Marburger Bund Doctors' Association, also demands that the
Corona emergency brake be
pulled: "There must be no exceptions," she told the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung.
“I expect an even more critical situation from Easter than at the turn of the year.” The capacity buffer in the intensive care units “will melt away rapidly,” she warned.
"It was irresponsible to loosen up in this way into the third wave and the spread of the mutants." The clinics are now threatened with the "third extreme situation within a year".
Even intensive care physicians are calling for intervention.
Otherwise the nationwide
incidence
value could
rise to 200.
More patients: inside the intensive care units would be the result.
“From our point of view, there can only be a return to the
lockdown
of February,” said Gernot Marx, President of the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (Divi), the “Augsburger Allgemeine”.
Corona summit: Federal and state governments are discussing "emergency brakes" and easing
Politicians are divided
on the question of whether there should be further
easing
or restrictions.
Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder * (CSU) currently sees no opportunity for easing.
The
emergency brake
must apply “consistently” and “for everyone”, he told the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung”.
Malu Dreyer (SPD), Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate, wants to advertise regional solutions at the federal-state conference.
In model municipalities or districts with an
incidence
below 100, which can demonstrate a complete test and contact recording system, outdoor restaurants, culture and retail should
be able to open up
to customers with a daily
Corona
test, she told the "Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung".
She wanted to
adhere to the
Corona step-by-step plan
that the federal and state governments decided on March 3.
However, compliance with the agreed "
emergency brake
" from an
incidence
of 100 remains the condition.
It is "a mandatory element of the plan as well as testing and vaccination".
Baden-Württemberg's Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) emphasizes that one must expect that certain
easing
“will be withdrawn and tightened”.
Thuringia's head of state Bodo Ramelow (left) also said the "dpa": "Without contact tracking and testing, I am not in favor of opening, I am for nothing." Thuringia has the highest
incidence of
the corona pandemic nationwide
.
(Lukas Rogalla with agencies) *
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