Corona numbers are increasing: Senate could extend the 2G rule

The number of new infections has risen sharply, and another wave of the pandemic has reached the capital.

But many people have not yet been vaccinated.

They face restrictions.

Berlin - Unvaccinated people have to be prepared for stronger corona restrictions in Berlin.

The Senate plans to apply the 2G rule to other places and events.

"2G is being prepared," said health senator Dilek Kalayci (SPD) on Sunday the "Tagesspiegel".

Currently in Berlin, operators of restaurants or event organizers, for example, can decide for themselves whether they allow access to their interiors for vaccinated, convalescent and tested people (3G) or only for vaccinated and convalescent people (2G).

In the case of 2G, there is no mask requirement.

Christmas markets are planned in Berlin with 2G or 3G, depending on the location.

For clubs and other providers of dance events, however, 2G is already mandatory.

A spokesman for Kalaycis left open on Sunday which new regulations are under discussion.

According to the “Tagesspiegel”, the members of the Senate will exchange views on this in several switches, and a special session is also possible.

A regular Senate meeting is not planned again until a week later because of the November 9th memorial day.

In several federal states, stricter rules apply at the beginning of the week.

In Saxony, which has the highest seven-day incidence nationwide, from Monday only those who have been vaccinated or recovered will have access to many areas of public life - 2G.

With rising corona numbers, concern is also growing in Berlin.

Hospitals are preparing for an increasing number of patients.

The demand for booster vaccinations is growing and there is a demand for stricter rules.

“We have to do everything to avoid another lockdown, especially the closure of schools and daycare centers,” said Berlin's SPD state chairman Franziska Giffey, who wants to be elected mayor in December, on Sunday.

She also advocated 2G.

According to Giffey, exceptions must remain for children and those for whom there is no vaccine or who cannot be vaccinated.

"For everyone else, the following should apply: Unvaccinated people cannot, for example, have access to cultural institutions, clubs, fitness studios, restaurants, cinemas or even visits to hospitals or nursing homes."

The FDP parliamentary group in the Berlin House of Representatives spoke out against further restrictions.

"Instead of playing off vaccinated people against unvaccinated people and promoting the division of society, we have to take people's fears away," said chairman Sebastian Czaja.

"The first step would be to offer the antigen tests again free of charge for everyone."

The number of new infections has more than doubled in less than three weeks.

In the past seven days, the Berlin health authorities reported 195.3 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants, as the Senate Department for Health announced on Sunday.

According to the Senate, 11.5 percent of the intensive care beds in the city are occupied by Covid 19 patients.

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"We have been recording a significant increase in vaccinations for a good week in the vaccination centers, but also in the mobile vaccination teams," said the Berlin DRK President Mario Czaja of the "Berliner Morgenpost" (Sunday).

A large part of the appointments are therefore related to so-called booster vaccinations - the refresher for people who have already been fully vaccinated.

"At the fair, the staff is now being increased further so that we can vaccinate not just 2000 people a day, but 3000 at relatively short notice," said Czaja.

The Messe vaccination center is operated by the Maltese.

The Catholic relief service announced on Wednesday: "The hut is full again and we are experiencing a booster boom in our vaccination center." Unvaccinated people are also still very welcome.

The Red Cross operates the Tegel vaccination center.

If demand continues to rise, according to Czajas, additional staff will also be deployed at the former airport.

In addition to the vaccination centers, there are vaccination stations and mobile offers such as the vaccination bus.

Vaccinations are still possible from general practitioners.

With 67.3 percent, according to the Senate, around two thirds of Berliners are fully vaccinated against the epidemic.

Despite corona outbreaks in old people's and nursing homes, the medical officer of Berlin-Reinickendorf sees the effectiveness of the vaccination in everyday life confirmed.

“The vaccination is working, we have fewer cases than last year.

It saves many old people from premature death, ”said Patrick Larscheid of the German Press Agency.

According to the hospital staff council, the Charité cannot fully utilize its 3,000 beds.

"Currently 2500 beds are occupied, although we currently have fewer nursing staff than a year ago," said the chairman of the committee, Jörg Pawlowski, the "Tagesspiegel" (Saturday).

"The background is exhausted colleagues who fell ill because of the constant stress or who changed jobs." Planned operations would have to be postponed again so that seriously ill corona patients can be treated.

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