"It's ten past twelve," says Health Minister Spahn.
He urges an immediate reduction in contacts - and says: "We are in a national emergency".
Berlin - The acting Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn urges the rapid reduction of contacts due to the rapid spread of Corona in Germany.
"We are in a national emergency," said the CDU politician on Friday in Berlin.
“It's ten past twelve.” So now it takes a national effort to counteract this.
"With vaccinations alone, with boosters, we will no longer be able to break the wave that we need in the short term."
"Lockdown for the unvaccinated"
Spahn referred to the uniform threshold values agreed by the federal and state governments on Thursday for the hospital load, from which stricter corona measures must take effect in the states.
The planned steps with nationwide access rules only for vaccinated and convalescent people (2G) would have to be consistently implemented and consistently monitored.
It is about a "lockdown for unvaccinated people" and significant contact restrictions.
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