Highest corona alert level in BaWü comes: lawsuit against new corona regulation fails

Now it is a done deal: in Baden-Württemberg, the corona alert is coming, with massive consequences.

Hundreds of those willing to be vaccinated had to be sent home in Reutlingen.

• For unvaccinated people in Baden-Württemberg, the 2G rule is now coming

  (see update from November 16, 12:45 p.m.)

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• Winfried Kretschmann insists on having the option of exit restrictions

  (see update from November 16, 4:20 p.m.)

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• The corona numbers continue to rise.

  The decisive value was also exceeded on Tuesday

  (see update from November 16, 5:57 p.m.)

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• This ticker on the corona situation in Baden-Württemberg is updated regularly.

Update from November 16, 9:29 p.m.:

Shortly before the Corona alert level came into force in Baden-Württemberg, the highest administrative court declared the test verification obligations in the warning and alert level to be legal.

The fact that people who do not submit a test are denied access to certain facilities is constitutionally unobjectionable, announced the Administrative Court just a few hours before the alert level comes into force.

However, the 2G rules of the alert level were not the subject of the urgent application.

A woman from the Ortenaukreis had appealed against the state government's corona ordinance in an urgent procedure.

The claimant, who said she was neither vaccinated nor recovered, wanted to stop the implementation of the requirements insofar as unvaccinated persons are only allowed access to facilities or offers such as theater, cinema or sporting events with a negative antigen or PCR test evidence.

You see your basic rights violated several times.

The Mannheim judges did not follow the argument.

Your decision also applies to the alert level.

The decision is final.

Alert level in Baden-Württemberg: These are the current corona numbers

Update from November 16, 5:57 p.m.:

The number of Covid-19 patients in intensive care units in Baden-Württemberg has exceeded the value of 390, which is decisive for the alert level, for the second day in a row.

On Tuesday (November 16, 4 p.m.), according to the State Health Office, 424 Covid 19 cases were in intensive care, 17 more than the day before.

The so-called hospitalization incidence was 5.8.

It indicates the number of people who come to a clinic with corona symptoms per 100,000 inhabitants within a week.

The seven-day incidence of new corona infections rose to 382.8.

The number of confirmed corona cases since the beginning of the pandemic rose by 8,666 to 718,976.

Corona situation in Baden-Württemberg: Kretschmann calls for changes to the Infection Protection Act

Update from November 16, 4:20 p.m.:

Winfried Kretschmann would like to continue to have the opportunity to enforce exit restrictions in the fight against the corona virus.

Therefore, the head of the country is calling for a corresponding ongoing legal situation for the time of the pandemic.

According to the new draft of the Infection Protection Act, this is no longer possible - not even limited to unvaccinated people.

For the Corona summit on Thursday, the goal is to get rid of the restrictions of the so-called country opening clause.

This clause is intended to give the federal states the legal opportunity to adopt further measures if the emergency situation so requires.

Update from November 16, 2021, 12.45 p.m.:

Unvaccinated people in Baden-Württemberg will be largely excluded from participating in public life from Wednesday.

As Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) announced on Tuesday, the country will reach the so-called alert level in the corona pandemic due to the worsening situation in the intensive care units.

Only those who have been vaccinated and those who have recovered will then have access to restaurants and museums as well as to most other public events.

Vaccination team sends people back home - the police have to calm down

Update from November 16, 2021, 11.30 a.m.:

The corona wave continues to sweep across Germany, the Robert Koch Institute reports new highs every day. The immunizing corona vaccinations are an important tool in the fight against the virus. While millions of people have not even got their first injection so far, many people are becoming more interested in the booster vaccination.

In Reutlingen, too, the interest in the booster vaccination remains unbroken, but on Monday most people had to be sent home without the third spade. As reported by

, a long queue is said to have formed in the city center on November 14th, and hundreds wanted to be vaccinated by a mobile vaccination team. But after just under 90 minutes, employees had to send the first volunteers back home because the rush was too big for the team.

The capacity of the vaccination team is accordingly 25 vaccinations per hour, from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. the action was planned on Monday.

As the paper further reports, dissatisfaction spread among many people waiting, some of them even standing in the cold for two to three hours in vain.

As the police confirmed to the

, the mood on site had built up.

The police had to calm the situation on site.

Corona alert level in Baden-Württemberg: Drastic 2G rule tightening probably from Wednesday

Original notification from November 15, 2021:

Baden-Württemberg - For unvaccinated people in the state of Baden-Württemberg, the corona measures will probably be drastically tightened from Wednesday (November 17).

You will then be largely excluded from public life.

A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health reported to the dpa that the corona patients in the intensive care units will probably exceed the critical value of 390 on Monday and Tuesday.

It is also unlikely that the number will fall again, since the often younger patients have to be treated there for significantly longer on the wards.

Exceeding the mark twice would trigger the so-called corona alarm level.

Then on Wednesday, stricter rules for fighting pandemics would come into force.

Corona alert threatens to take effect from Wednesday

In this case, the Corona Ordinance provides for the 2G rule (vaccinated or recovered) nationwide, for example in restaurants, museums, at exhibitions and at most other public events.

Those who are not vaccinated and can only show one test are left out in the cinema, swimming pool or fitness studio, in adult education courses and music schools.

Schoolchildren have to wear masks again in class.

There are exceptions, for example, for public transport and religious events.

Even in retail, the 3G alert does not require a PCR test.

Basic supply shops such as supermarkets, outdoor markets and pick-up and delivery offers are also excluded.

The stricter rules also do not apply to people who cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons.

Children and young people up to the age of 17 are also not counted.

Too many corona patients in intensive care units in Baden-Württemberg

The tier system in Baden-Württemberg depends on the number of corona patients in intensive care units and the so-called hospitalization incidence, which indicates the number of people who come to a clinic with corona symptoms per 100,000 inhabitants within a week.

So far, the corona warning level applied, which already meant many restrictions for numerous unvaccinated people.

In order for the tightened Corona measures to expire, the threshold values ​​must be fallen below on five working days in a row.