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Söder reacts: disaster declared for Bavaria - what that means for the Free State

2021-11-11T09:26:49.273Z


Markus Söder reacted to the exploding corona numbers in Bavaria: The Free State is calling for a disaster again - but what does that mean exactly?


Markus Söder reacted to the exploding corona numbers in Bavaria: The Free State is calling for a disaster again - but what does that mean exactly?

Munich - On Wednesday (November 10th) it was clear: Bavaria is calling for a nationwide disaster again in view of the dramatically increasing corona numbers.

The State Chancellery announced on Wednesday in Munich that Prime Minister Markus Söder ordered the disaster to be established from November 11, 2021 due to the "current worrying situation in the corona pandemic."

Söder reacts to corona numbers: disaster declared for Bavaria - what does that mean?

But what does the declaration of the K case mean in concrete terms?

It enables a coordinated and structured approach by the authorities, departments and organizations.

The disaster in the corona pandemic was declared on December 9, 2020.

In the meantime it had been lifted again.

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Disaster in Bavaria: "Disaster" defined in the Disaster Protection Act

In the Bavarian Disaster Protection Act it says: "A disaster in the sense of this law is an event in which the life or health of a large number of people or the natural foundations of life or significant property are endangered or damaged to an unusual extent and the danger is only averted or the disturbance only can be prevented and eliminated if the authorities, agencies, organizations and the forces deployed work together under the direction of the disaster control authority. "

Söder declares a disaster - the control of the hospitals can be better organized

The corona infection is currently developing very dynamically in the Free State, it said on Wednesday from the State Chancellery. The seven-day incidence reached new highs every day. “At the same time, the occupancy of hospital beds, especially intensive care beds, with Covid-19 patients continues to rise. In many hospitals, there is already no or very little capacity available. ”This increases the need for coordination when occupying intensive care beds and moving patients from overburdened clinics. "The corona pandemic endangers the life and health of a large number of people in the entire state of Bavaria."

Söder emphasized to

Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)

that the disaster gave "extensive opportunities to organize the management of hospitals better and more smoothly, the relocation of patients, the reactivation of nursing staff, coordination among the hospitals".

Corona in Bavaria: Söder justifies the declaration of a disaster

Compared to the

ARD morning magazine

, the CSU boss said on Thursday (November 11th): “We declared the disaster for this reason, not because we wanted to set a counterpart to the abolition of the epidemic situation, which I consider to be an absurd assessment at the German level , but because (...) patient control can take place much better and every free bed can be used. "

Disaster in Bavaria: In extreme cases, the government can restrict fundamental rights

In the event of a disaster, above all, it helps with organizational matters.

But: In extreme cases, the government can also restrict basic rights (Article 19, Civil Protection Act): “The right to physical integrity, freedom of the person, freedom of assembly, freedom of movement and the inviolability of the home (...) can be restricted on the basis of this law "

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Source: merkur

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