Clear words about Söder's corona policy: the head of the health department is retiring and speaks openly

Matthias Pregler, the head of the Regensburg health department, is retiring.

But he still wants to get rid of a few things about Corona - especially in the direction of Munich.

Regensburg - The health authorities in Germany have become important contact points, information and organization points during the Corona * pandemic. Most of these authorities had to do more than would have been objectively possible with their means: Above all, there was a lack of staff in every corner. In addition, they were in public like no other authority. Dr. Matthias Pregler had the task of taking up his position and leading it safely through the crisis. He was head of the Regensburg Health Department * for almost eight years. Now he is retiring, as announced by the Regensburg district.

When he said goodbye, the doctor once again found clear words about the last turbulent months of his term in office.

In an interview with the

, Pregler criticized the corona policy in Munich in particular.

Because the decisions and instructions of the Corona cabinet around Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder * were not always understandable for Regensburg, as Pregler

revealed to

the

.

Corona in the Regensburg Health Office: instructions from Munich are often contradictory

Above all, Pregler praised his own team. During this time, many employees moved from other departments to the health department to support contact tracking and other tasks. As a result, the office had "the advantage that we had a lot of very competent employees in the team, we were actually able to track all contacts," he described in the

interview.

"What was difficult were the regular letters from Munich, which were often contradicting each other and then gave us difficulties," said Dr.

Matthias Pregler of the

.

That didn't exactly make the coordination and implementation of the corona measures for the city and the district of Regensburg easier.

Again and again there have been contradicting information.

Close cooperation with lawyers, virologists and infectiologists was constantly necessary in order to find “reasonable solutions within a legal framework”.

Regensburg: Dr.

Bernhard Edenharter becomes head of the health department - "The pandemic is not over"

Successor to Dr. According to the district of Dr. Bernhard Edenharter. Up to now he was the deputy head of the human medicine department at the government of the Upper Palatinate. "The pandemic is not over yet," said Edenharter in an interview with the

. Tracking contacts and coordinating Corona measures will continue to be a central task of the health department in Regensburg. And in order to protect as many citizens as possible from infection, the district continues to advertise vaccinations against the virus. For example, people who have been vaccinated can get tickets for the Romantic Christmas Market during a special campaign.

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