The number of corona infections is increasing.
At an MPK, how to deal with the pandemic in Germany will again be the dominant topic.
Bonn / Munich - The Corona incidence nationwide is again at the 100 mark.
On Friday morning, the Robert Koch Institute reported more than 19,500 new infections within the last 24 hours.
It's that time again: The coronavirus * is the dominant topic of the Prime Minister's Conference (MPK) on Friday.
The heads of government are particularly concerned with the move by Health Minister Jens Spahn: Will there be an early end to the epidemic situation?
MPK: Corona draft resolution for autumn and winter months
The prime ministers of the federal states will end their annual meeting on Friday on the Petersberg near Bonn.
At 1 p.m. North Rhine-Westphalia Prime Minister Armin Laschet * (CDU) and MPK Deputy Chairman Michael Müller will present the results.
Due to the negotiations between the SPD, FDP and the Greens for a traffic light coalition, which began in Berlin at the same time, not all heads of government had come to the annual meeting.
For Laschet it is the first round as MPK boss - and for him as well as for Müller it is also the last conference among the state heads of government.
Both are leaving their offices to move to the Bundestag.
According to information from the German Press Agency, a draft resolution for further legal safeguarding of protective measures is on the table of the state chiefs, agreed by the state chancellery.
In it, the prime ministers insist that practiced corona standards indoors remain fundamentally necessary even in the autumn and winter months.
This includes the so-called 3G rule (vaccinated, recovered, tested), the mask requirement, a minimum distance and regular ventilation.
End of the Corona emergency?
- "We absolutely have to avoid that"
Following a move by Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn *, politicians and experts had recently discussed controversially. Spahn had spoken out in favor of ending the so-called epidemic situation of national scope at the end of November. The regulation must be passed by the Bundestag every three months. In his proposal, the CDU politician referred to the possibility that protective measures could also be ordered at the state level in the future.
Meanwhile, there were calls for transition periods from the federal states. The Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU), among others, expressed criticism of Spahn's approach. He warned of an end to the epidemic situation at the federal level. If there is no extension, “de facto there is no longer any legal basis - no matter what. Neither for testing in school, nor for masks, nor for completely normal ideas like 3G plus, or 2G or 3G, ”said Söder on Thursday in the Bavarian radio.
Klaus Holetschek, the Bavarian Minister of Health, made a similar statement in the
Augsburger Allgemeine.
Test evidence and mask requirement * 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," said Holetschek.
MPK on Friday: Economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic
In addition to the discussion about the end of the regulation, the economic consequences of the pandemic also play a role in the Prime Minister's Conference.
The state of North Rhine-Westphalia makes a proposal on "Lessons from the pandemic".
Among other things, the paper recommends “establishing complete supply chains in Europe in the medium term in sectors that are relevant to the crisis and the system.” In this way, Europe should achieve greater independence from the world market.
With regard to the coronavirus, increased penalties for forged vaccination passports and test certificates also play a role.
In addition, a balance sheet of the national flood aid after the 2013 flood is to be discussed at the annual conference.
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