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Behrens: "Need Corona rules even in autumn and winter"

2021-10-19T15:17:06.473Z


An end to the current Corona rules is not yet in sight in Lower Saxony, despite a possible expiry of the nationwide Corona state of emergency in November. Lower Saxony's health minister wants to stick to the protective measures with a view to autumn and winter.


An end to the current Corona rules is not yet in sight in Lower Saxony, despite a possible expiry of the nationwide Corona state of emergency in November.

Lower Saxony's health minister wants to stick to the protective measures with a view to autumn and winter.

Hanover - Lower Saxony's Minister of Health Daniela Behrens (SPD) believes it is necessary to maintain the corona rules with a view to autumn and winter.

"We need a few more rules over the autumn and winter until we can say goodbye to them completely," said Behrens at a press conference of the Corona crisis team on Tuesday in Hanover.

As examples, the minister named the continuation of the mask requirement in local public transport and retail, the distance requirement and the 2G and 3G rules for certain areas.

She is sure that a legal basis will be created for this, said Behrens - even if the Bundestag should decide to end the so-called “epidemic situation of national importance” in November.

Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn (CDU) made this clear at the conference of health ministers of the federal states on Monday.

The epidemic situation is the basis for ordinances and central corona measures in Germany.

It was first established by the Bundestag in March 2020 and has been extended again and again later.

Spahn had spoken out on Monday in consultations with the health ministers of the federal states that there would be no renewed extension.

Behrens said that, like last autumn, experts expected a sharp increase in the number of infections in the coming weeks.

However, due to the progress of the vaccination, one is now in a completely different situation than a year ago.

In Lower Saxony, according to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), 80.3 percent of people are now vaccinated against the coronavirus, 76.2 percent completely.

The corona situation in the country is stable and "controllable".

With a seven-day incidence of new infections of 49.0 on Tuesday, they are well below the national average.

The values ​​for hospital and intensive care bed occupancy were also below the critical threshold values ​​for the first warning level.

Nevertheless, Behrens and Fabian Feil, President of the State Health Office, appealed to all undecided to get vaccinated now.

"For unvaccinated people, the risk of serious illness increases considerably in the autumn and winter months," said Feil.

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Source: merkur

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