The Prime Minister's Conference (MPK) will meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) in August earlier than expected to discuss new rules in the corona pandemic.
Munich / Berlin - It is a bitter realization in the middle of the holiday season and in midsummer: The number of corona infections in Germany will rise again at the end of July, and in some cases significantly.
In addition, the delta variant of the corona virus * is worrisome.
In order to discuss the future strategy in the Corona crisis *, the Prime Ministers of the federal states want to meet with Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) * in a video switching conference on August 10 - and thus much earlier than expected.
The chairman of the Prime Minister's Conference (MPK) and Governing Mayor of Berlin, Michael Müller (SPD), announced this Tuesday.
Corona summit in Germany: Bavaria's Markus Söder had put pressure on Angela Merkel
In view of the increasing number of infections, Müller had declared that the corridor was becoming narrower in which the current development could still be effectively counteracted.
Prior to this, the Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) in particular had put pressure on Merkel * and demanded that the state leaders consult quickly with the head of government.
"We must now use the time to clarify the question: when do you intervene," said the CSU chief, according to participants recently at the retreat of his party executive in Gmund am Tegernsee.
“We don't want another lockdown, but we have to solve the brain teaser for autumn,” the 54-year-old Franconian said at the meeting in southern Bavaria.
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His colleague from Lower Saxony, Stephan Weil (SPD), had also put pressure on it.
On the one hand, it should be avoided that, with increasing incidence values, areas are soon affected by restrictions "that have nothing to do with the development of the infection process," said the deputy government spokeswoman Kathrin Riggert in Hanover.
On the other hand, it is necessary to react to the increasing number of infections in some regions at a "worrying pace".
Corona summit in Germany: new Covid-19 rules soon?
Intensive care units in focus
It has long been indicated that the seven-day incidence should have a lower weighting when assessing the health situation. Instead, the situation in the hospitals and especially in the intensive care units should come into focus. The MPK will soon be discussing with Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel * what the future Corona rules and standards should look like for Germany.
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