In view of the increasing corona infections, Prime Minister Malu Dreyer (SPD) is in favor of continuing a cautious course in combating pandemics.
"We in the community of states agree that we still need protective measures as uniform as possible this winter, such as masks, 2G, 3G, distance, hygiene and ventilation," said the Rhineland-Palatinate head of government of the German press agency on Saturday after the vote the MPK (Prime Minister's Conference) for a nationwide legal basis for corona measures.
Mainz - "This still needs a common legal basis, which the federal government should ensure from the point of view of the states."
Even if the federal government should determine that the epidemic situation of national scope has ended, the states should be given the "opportunity for a limited period of time" to take necessary and suitable measures against the increasing spread of Covid-19, Dreyer told the dpa .
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Corona indicators in Hessen almost unchanged
The most important indicators for assessing the corona pandemic remained almost the same in Hessen within a day.
As on the previous day, the so-called hospitalization incidence was 2.0 on Saturday, as can be seen from the daily overview from the Ministry of Social Affairs.
The value describes how many people per 100,000 inhabitants were admitted to hospital due to corona disease in the past seven days.
Corona indicators in Hessen almost unchanged
Increase in corona patients in Hesse's hospitals
The most important indicators for assessing the corona pandemic rose slightly in Hessen within a day.
The so-called hospitalization incidence on Sunday was 2.26, according to the daily overview from the Ministry of Social Affairs.
On Saturday it was 2.0.
The value describes how many people per 100,000 inhabitants were admitted to hospital because of corona disease in the past seven days.
Increase in corona patients in Hesse's hospitals
City Council calls for: make disaster control weatherproof
As a lesson from the flood disaster in Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia as well as the corona pandemic, the Hessian cities want to better set up disaster control in the state.
For this purpose, modern staff software that is uniform throughout Hesse is required, said the President of the Hessian City Council, the Mayor of Fulda, Heiko Wingenfeld (CDU), after the meeting of the association's top committees on Thursday in Fulda.
City Council calls for: make disaster control weatherproof
The MPK under NRW chairmanship coincided with a time when the seven-day incidence of infections in Germany is increasing.
In Rhineland-Palatinate, too, the highest level in more than a month was recently reached.
“It is to be expected that the rise in the number of cases will accelerate in the further course of autumn and winter,” said the Robert Koch Institute on Friday.
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