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Corona summit: Söder is stepping up and is "not entirely" satisfied - he sees a rule "one way or another"

2021-08-12T03:26:12.714Z


The MPK has ended, the new corona rules will be announced from autumn. Söder made it clear: Above all, unvaccinated people in Bavaria have to expect tightening.


The MPK has ended, the new corona rules will be announced from autumn.

Söder made it clear: Above all, unvaccinated people in Bavaria have to expect tightening.

  • Söder is not satisfied with the results from the Corona summit - he expects a 2-G regulation soon

    (see update from 22.10)

    .

  • The resolutions on the new corona rules from autumn * have been made.

    Söder confessed: The prime ministers did not find an answer to an important question today

    (see update from 17:37)

    .

  • We are ticking the developments from a Bavarian perspective.

    You can always find all the latest news from Bavaria on the brand new Bayern homepage * from

    Merkur.de.

Update from August 10, 10:10 p.m.: It

is now known that the corona rules * are being tightened primarily for unvaccinated people in Bavaria.

But now Söder is

doing it

again

in the interview on the

topics of

the

day

.

During the conversation it quickly became clear that the CSU boss was “not entirely” satisfied with the decisions made at the Prime Minister's Conference.

After the Corona summit: Söder is “not entirely” satisfied with the results - and goes back to the top

Specifically, the Bavarian Prime Minister speaks of a "result at sight".

In view of the 3-G regulation that is now in force, he explains this with the fact that “one or the other is worried that one does not want to make a final decision before the federal election”.

For Söder, however, it is only a matter of time before a discussion about 2-G (convalescent and vaccinated) ensues.

There are already many facilities that are only open to vaccinated people.

Söder makes it clear: “That is the reality.

It will also get stronger ”- especially now when the corona numbers are skyrocketing again.

“2G will come one way or another from a certain point in time.

I would rather talk honestly about it now than postpone it until after the federal election. "

Corona summit: Söder becomes clear - "If you want normality in the long term, you have to get vaccinated"

As far as the corona vaccination is concerned, Söder is particularly clear: “Anyone who really wants to return to normal in the long term must be vaccinated.” Exclusively with tests, “we will not be able to solve the 4th wave, because we actually want our freedom back ".

17.46:

The

press conference

is over.

17:41:

“We're a little bit in a race

against

time,” admits Söder.

Testing alone does not help, the only solution is vaccination.

Despite many protests from those who have been vaccinated, complaints from those who have been vaccinated are getting louder and louder, Söder reports.

"We have to think about that too."

Corona summit: Söder admits - no alternative to the incidence benchmark found

17.37 .:

An answer to the question of whether a value other than the incidence should exclude the corona events in the future was not found at the MPK today.

Söder emphasizes: “That is the trickiest question of all.

It doesn't work without incidence.

Without incidence, nobody can speak openly. ”But how to put that into the right relation,“ So if we are completely honest, we have not yet found a formula for happiness ”, clarifies Söder.

"You still have to work on it." 

17.28:

Söder emphasizes: Corona will not stop after the upcoming election on September 26th.

"If we make wrong decisions in the time leading up to the Bundestag election, everyone will catch up with us in winter." His appeal: "It is better to act preventively beforehand than to have to collect the major damage again at the end," says Söder.

17.26 .:

Now Söder comes to talk about schools.

Söder announced that the student ID will be a kind of test certificate.

Corona vaccinations should also be noted here.

In addition, the same quarantine rules should not apply to double-vaccinated students and their unvaccinated classmates in the future.

Corona summit: Söder does not rule out the 2-G obligation in Bavaria

17.25:

Söder does not

rule

out a 2-G obligation in the near future.

“Vaccination is the easiest way to get your freedom back.

If you really love freedom, I recommend that you think twice about vaccinating, ”says Söder. 

17:24:

There will definitely not be another lockdown for people who have been vaccinated twice, says Söder.

"We have to ask ourselves not only about the unvaccinated, but also about the vaccinated." You could not continue to deprive them of their rights of freedom. 

17:23:

According to Söder, the most important decision of today's MKP is to extend the epidemic situation.

"We know that the vaccination numbers have to improve, but we do not want a mandatory vaccination." But people who do not get vaccinated also bear a responsibility in the pandemic, says Söder.

That is why more tests need to be carried out in these groups in particular.

But: "If you consciously decide to distance yourself from the corona protection, the taxpayer cannot pay it, it is not fair."

Corona summit: Too few vaccinations - Söder warns of new mutations

17:21:

“The fourth wave is creeping up.

It will definitely come in the fall, ”announced Söder.

"The previous vaccination rates are not enough to be carefree." The incidences of the unvaccinated are significantly higher than the numbers currently suggest, reports the Prime Minister.

Söder: "The truth is, if there is not enough vaccination, there is always the risk of mutations."

17.19:

Now Prime Minister Markus Söder takes the floor.

17.13:

Now Berlin's Mayor Michael Müller speaks. “We are in a different situation than a year ago. There is a different variety of tests, different findings, vaccines and vaccination progress. But there is still something to be done here. The group of unvaccinated people is too large. That's bitter, ”says Müller.

17.05:

Merkel makes it clear: keep your distance and mask requirements remain “mandatory”.

In addition, the 3-G obligation is to be introduced indoors, for example in indoor catering, in hospitals, for indoor sports and during stays in hotels.

The rule can be suspended in individual federal states as long as the incidence is below 35.

The free corona tests will end on October 11th.

"This applies to those who have already been vaccinated," said Merkel.

Corona summit in Berlin: Merkel makes it clear - "We have to continue promoting the vaccination wherever possible"

17.03:

Now it's about the corona vaccination.

Merkel emphasizes: It is gratifying that over 80 percent of people over 60 have now been vaccinated.

The bad news, on the other hand, is that the vaccination rate has decreased significantly.

"We agree: we have to advertise vaccination wherever possible," said Merkel.

At the same time, however, the infections are increasing again.

Update 5 p.m.:

The Chancellor praises the many private and voluntary helpers of the flood disaster.

Long-term flood aid - amounting to 28 billion euros - was decided at the conference today.

The federal cabinet will decide on aid on August 28th, Merkel reports.

Update, 4:56 p.m.:

The press conference begins.

Merkel is faded into the cameras.

Update from August 10, 4:52 p.m.:

The press conference will begin in a few minutes.

Here, among other things, it is announced which corona rules will apply in Bavaria from autumn.

Prime Minister Söder will also appear in front of the cameras.

Update, August 10, 4:40 p.m.:

According to Bild.de, the prime ministers have agreed with Chancellor Merkel that the corona emergency will not expire on September 30, but that it should be extended for another three months.

The regulation would then apply until the end of the year.

The Bundestag still has to approve this extension.

Corona summit in Berlin: Compulsory testing for unvaccinated people seems a done deal

Update, August 10, 4:15 p.m.:

The measures that have just been decided (

see update, August 10, 3:15 p.m.

) should

apply from August 23,

according to

Businessinsider

.

Unvaccinated people are particularly affected in many everyday situations.

According to

Businessinsider,

a test is mandatory for this group of people

in the following cases:

  • When it comes to access to old people's and nursing homes, facilities for the disabled and hospitals

  • When entering indoor catering and participating in indoor events and celebrations

  • For body-friendly services such as hairdressing, cosmetics and personal care

  • When participating in indoor sports, including swimming pools and sports halls

  • In the case of accommodation, a test is mandatory upon arrival and then twice a week during the stay

Update, August 10th, 3:40 p.m.:

Right at the beginning of the summit, Markus Söder is said to have given his colleagues his

opinion once and for all,

according to the

picture

information.

"We are shirking the big decisions," the CSU boss is said to have said.

In addition, he strongly criticized the government's idea of ​​compulsory testing in all areas of life.

This is not the solution, "because they have not prevented a single wave."

Söder at Corona summit: Instead of 3-G, only 2-G rule

His strategy: to give back as many rights as possible to the vaccinated. To this end, he wants to limit the previously applicable 3-G rule, in which those who tested negative are treated as equivalent to those who have been vaccinated and those who have recovered, to only 2-Gs above a certain incidence. Then only those who have been vaccinated and those who have recovered should be granted certain rights. The current decision paper from the Chancellery does not provide for this.

Update, August 10, 3:15 p.m

.: According to

Bild.de

, two decisions have been made at the current Prime Minister's Conference regarding the mandatory testing of interiors and the assumption of costs for the corona tests.

From an incidence of 35, testing is now mandatory for indoor areas, for example in restaurants, cinemas and fitness studios.

If the incidence is below 35, the countries can decide for themselves how to proceed.

It is not known when the rule applies.

Söder prevails: From October 11th, tests will cost money

In addition, citizens should pay for the tests themselves from October 11th.

Only people who cannot be vaccinated and for whom there is no vaccination recommendation should continue to be able to take free corona tests.

These include pregnant women, children and young people under 18 years of age.

Update, August 10, 2:20 p.m.:

The prime ministers have been sitting together for over an hour and discussing how to proceed with the corona pandemic.

Before the conference started, Markus Söder clearly shared his opinion on Twitter: “We have to increase the willingness to vaccinate.

Anyone who had a vaccination offer and consciously refuses it should no longer be able to test it free of charge from October. "

Now in the MPK Chancellery.

We need to increase vaccination readiness.

Anyone who had a vaccination offer and deliberately refused it should no longer be able to test for free from October.

pic.twitter.com/S8ITYcV1Z9

- Markus Söder (@Markus_Soeder) August 10, 2021

Corona summit: Söder gets headwind from the association of laboratory doctors

Update, August 10, 1:05 p.m.:

The Bavarian Prime Minister is one of the strongest supporters of chargeable corona tests for voluntarily unvaccinated people

(see first report from August 10, 10:33 a.m.

).

Now Söder gets headwind from the association of laboratory doctors at the beginning of the Corona summit (has been running since 12.30 p.m.).

According to the doctors, this measure will not increase the vaccination rate as hoped.

“It's a populist idea. Something else will happen: You will save yourself the testing, ”said the chairman of the association, Andreas Bobrowski, to the

Funke newspapers

. He advocates a test strategy that takes an independent position in the fight against the coronavirus. "A connection with the vaccination strategy is therefore never expedient," emphasized the chairman.

Update, August 10th, 12.30 p.m.:

In these minutes, the Prime Minister's

Conference

will start in Berlin.

The main focus will be on the further action by the federal and state governments in relation to the corona pandemic.

The central points of contention here will probably be the assumption of the costs for corona tests of voluntarily unvaccinated persons, a possible abolition of the incidence as the only yardstick for the restrictions and the prolongation of the corona emergency.

According to the draft of a draft resolution for the federal-state conference, the previously free corona rapid tests are to be abolished for most citizens in October.

However, the specific date was left open in the paper.

Corona summit: Söder for the abolition of incidence as the only benchmark

Update, August 10, 11:10 a.m.:

The Prime Minister's Conference starts in Berlin in less than 90 minutes. In his interview with the

BR

this morning, Söder also made a clear statement on another point: the recalculation of the corona limit values. The CSU boss sees the number of infections, the current vaccination quota and the number of hospitalizations as the necessary triad to be able to justify restrictions. He

told

the

BR

: "If hospitalization remains low, restrictions cannot be justified."

First report, August 10, 10:33 a.m .:

The MPK begins in two hours.

The topic will be nothing less than the further Corona * strategy for autumn.

The willingness to vaccinate in Germany is slowly flattening out, the first vaccination centers are already stopping the service due to insufficient demand. * According to Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder *, a clear distinction must be made between those who have been vaccinated and those who have not been vaccinated.

By around October every citizen is said to have been given a vaccination offer.

According to Söder, those who do not take advantage of this offer will have to face the consequences.

Announcement in the morning: Söder wants to hold unvaccinated people responsible

For example, corona tests are to be charged for voluntarily unvaccinated people.

In the morning, the CSU * boss told

Bayerischer Rundfunk

: “Anyone who does not get vaccinated bears responsibility, which also means that taxpayers cannot assume all of the costs.

And then you have to pay for it yourself. ”Söder also spoke out in

favor of easing the situation for people who have already been vaccinated

at

Bayerischer Rundfunk

, because:“ Those who are vaccinated pose no danger, so constitutionally it is imperative to give them back their basic rights. ”

Corona summit: Söder and Aiwanger disagree on free tests

The dispute between Markus Söder and his deputy Hubert Aiwanger continues here as well.

Because the free voters in Bavaria want to keep the free tests for everyone for the time being.

"A debate about chargeable tests is currently not expedient, since testing in addition to vaccinations, mask and distance is still a central element of the fight against corona," said Free Voter Party leader Aiwanger of the

Augsburger Allgemeine

.

* Merkur.de / bayern is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA (kof)

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Source: merkur

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