In view of the renewed increase in the number of infections, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig (SPD) has warned against the premature lifting of corona protective measures.
“The corona pandemic is not over yet.
We need a secure legal basis in order to be able to maintain important protective measures such as the mask requirement on buses and trains.
Schwerin - It is particularly about the protection of the elderly and the chronically ill in our country, ”said Schwesig on Thursday in Schwerin.
Her Bavarian counterpart Markus Söder (CSU) had previously also opposed the attempt by Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) not to extend the epidemic situation at the federal level beyond November 25.
This is the basis for regulations and central corona measures in Germany.
If there is no renewed extension, there is de facto no longer any legal basis, for example "for testing in school, or for masks, or for normal ideas such as 3G plus, or 2G or 3G," said Söder on Bayerischer Rundfunk.
To a certain extent, society is then defenseless and each individual has to take care of his or her protection.
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According to Schwesig, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania has had very good experiences with its corona traffic light, which can be used to react flexibly to the respective corona situation.
"If the hospital load and the corona numbers are low, there are only a few protective measures.
If the number of corona diseases and hospital patients increases, additional protective measures such as mandatory testing indoors are added.
This ensures that there are only as few protective measures as necessary, ”explained Schwesig.
The corona expert from the Rostock University Clinic and government advisor Prof. Emil Reisinger also warned against giving up basic protective rules as early as the end of November.
For the so-called "Freedom Day" - the day on which all restrictions fall - it is still too early.
“I was surprised by the announcement by the Federal Minister of Health.
The number of cases is going up nationwide, ”said Reisinger of the“ Ostsee-Zeitung ”(Thursday).
But he also encouraged: “We see light at the end of the tunnel.
The health system will no longer be overloaded. ”Reisinger spoke out in favor of nationwide 2G regulations.
"For those who have been vaccinated, life should go back to normal," he says.
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