The corona numbers are exploding in Bavaria.
Deciding to end the epidemic situation therefore seems to be the wrong step.
But that's exactly what Jens Spahn suggests.
Munich - In the past few days, the Corona situation * has increased again extremely.
Above all, the Bavarian southeast is in focus.
Nowhere in Germany are the numbers as high as there.
The proposal by the Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn * (CDU) to let the epidemic situation run out at the end of November almost sounds like a mockery.
The chairman of the conference of health ministers, Klaus Holetschek (CSU), is therefore clearly against the Union colleague's plans.
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Corona in Bavaria: three districts with an incidence over 400
Nine of the ten highest 7-day incidences are currently registered in the Free State *. When you look at the RKI dashboard on Friday, October 22nd, it turns dark red. Above all, the districts and cities in the southeast stand out. In the meantime, the district of Mühldorf am Inn * (453.3) has overtaken the previous leader, Berchtesgadener Land * (428.9). In the district of Traunstein * (418.1), the 400 mark is also cracked. Bavaria is now in second place in the country comparison with 153.9. Only Thuringia has a higher value with 192.7. And the cold season is just beginning.
Bavaria's Minister of Health Holetschek therefore also has a clear opinion on Jens Spahn's proposal.
The epidemic situation needs to be extended beyond November, otherwise “the Infection Protection Act could no longer be easily applied,” he told the
Augsburger Allgemeine
on Friday.
Test evidence and mask requirements would then no longer have an express legal basis.
"We absolutely have to avoid that - because we will need further protective measures in view of the possible increase in the number of infections in winter."
Corona in Bavaria: Holetschek appeals to the MPK
That is why the CSU politician appeals to the Prime Minister's Conference, which is taking place for the first time in a long time.
And the topic should also be on the agenda.
A legally secure framework in order to be able to maintain the corona protective measures is to be discussed.
Should Spahn actually make his announcement true, the Corona emergency would end on November 25th.
However, according to the Infection Protection Act, the states could determine the need for further corona measures via the respective parliaments.
(tel with dpa)
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