Corona tightening: "Area-wide lockdown" is in the room

In view of the worsening corona situation in Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) is still campaigning for stricter measures.

Markus Söder also applies pressure.

The news ticker.

• Heads of the state chancelleries of individual federal states are in favor of a "nationwide lockdown".

  (see update from November 25th, 7.45pm)

• Saxony's Michael Kretschmer (CDU) advocates a nationwide lockdown before Christmas.

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  see update from November 25th, 5.45 p.m.

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• Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) calls for strict Corona rules soon, Markus Söder (CSU) wants to bring the federal-state summit forward.

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  see first report from November 25th

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• This

  news ticker on the lockdown discussion in Germany

  is updated regularly.

Update from November 25, 7.45 p.m.:

No more lockdown - the government has promised.

But this promise wobbles if you believe the information in the picture.

The newspaper claims to have learned from an internal debate between Chancellery chief Helge Braun (49, CDU) and the heads of the state chancelleries of the federal states that several representatives of the federal states have declared that a "nationwide lockdown" will not be avoided.

The reason is surprising: This should be the 2G regulation.

Recovered and vaccinated people should come to restaurants and cultural institutions with almost no restrictions, which virologists criticize.

Virologist Alexander Kekulé from the University of Halle said: "The vaccines are not safe enough to cope with 2G or 3G events without a mask, without a distance, without a test and, above all, without an upper limit." Vaccinated ".

For him, the 2G model is “part of the problem”.

Politicians are now said to have come to this conclusion: There are supposed to be major concerns about 2G.

Corona pandemic: 7 out of 10 Germans are in favor of tougher measures

Update from November 25, 6:51 p.m.:

How do Germans see the current Corona situation?

Do we need stricter measures?

According to a recent survey, 7 out of 10 Germans are in favor of interpreting the measures to be tougher.

The decision of the “traffic light” parties to wait ten days for the time being was only thought to be correct by 28 percent.

The survey was commissioned by RTL and ntv and asked 1008 citizens.

In it, the supporters of the Greens (77 percent), SPD (69 percent) and FDP (53 percent), in some cases a clear majority, spoke out in favor of applying stricter measures.

Only AfD supporters (64 percent) were against it.

Update from November 25th, 5.45pm

: Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) wants stricter "contact restrictions", Bavaria's Markus Söder (CSU) is calling for stricter rules nationwide and a general vaccination requirement in the corona pandemic.

Saxony's Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU)

did not rule out stricter rules

in an interview with the

.

According to information from the

newspaper, efforts are also being made to completely shut down retail and catering.

“The danger cannot be dismissed out of hand.

It can only be prevented if there is a collective understanding and common awareness of avoiding contacts and adhering to the measures, ”said Kretschmer.

If there is not a positive effect in the coming week, “we have to have this discussion”.

Coronavirus pandemic: Angela Merkel (CDU) applies pressure - Germany will soon be back in lockdown?

Update from November 25th, 4:55 p.m

.: Is there another nationwide lockdown coming?

According to

, several heads of the state chancelleries of the federal states have now declared that Germany will not be able to avoid a "nationwide lockdown" in the fourth wave of the corona pandemic.

The country representatives had, apparently virtually, discussed with Chancellor Helge Braun (CDU).

According to the report, they expressed concerns as to whether the 2G regulation (vaccinated and recovered) would be sufficient to slow down the corona infections * and thus the infection rate.

There are now many reports and examples that people who have been vaccinated have also been infected with the virus.

However, in the vast majority of cases you have a mild or even symptom-free course of the infection.

Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: Angela Merkel (CDU) calls for more "contact restrictions"

Update from November 25, 4:35 p.m

.: The Executive Chancellor Angela Merkel considers the measures taken to contain the fourth wave of the corona pandemic to be inadequate.

"We need more restrictions on contacts," said the CDU politician on Thursday in Berlin.

One must be careful not to overload the hospitals.

She is therefore already in contact with her designated successor Olaf Scholz (SPD).

"I made it clear to him today that we can do this together in this transition phase," said the head of government.

Merkel left it open whether the Prime Minister's conference planned for December 9th should be brought forward.

“The extent to which new dates are found also depends on the federal states.

I don't want to say anything about that today, ”she said.

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Energetic: Still-Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) at the meeting with the Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.

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Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: Are there any stricter corona rules coming soon?

First report from November 25th

: Munich / Berlin - Will the coronavirus pandemic in Germany * soon lead to stricter corona rules across the country? In view of the further worsening of the Covid 19 situation - especially in the intensive care units * - Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) is urging additional measures. And Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) is also putting considerable pressure on the traffic light coalition made up of the SPD, the Greens and the FDP *.

At a press conference after a meeting with the Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki this Thursday in Berlin, Merkel said that she had spoken to her alleged successor as Prime Minister Olaf Scholz (SPD) * during the day.

The aim was to take the necessary steps together in the current transition phase, while the number of corona infections in Germany remains high.

Corona pandemic in Germany: Angela Merkel (CDU) urges earlier federal-state meeting

Merkel also referred to the contact restrictions adopted in other countries.

"Every day counts here," said the 67-year-old Merkel and said about possible measures: "We need more." At the presentation of the traffic light coalition agreement on Wednesday, Scholz announced that he wanted a federal-state crisis team in the Chancellery for Corona - Set up a pandemic.

Every day counts here.

Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU)

Scholz had indicated that this could be initiated before he took over government. Merkel has now taken up this. You heard “very attentively yesterday that Chancellor-designate Olaf Scholz will set up a crisis team,” said the outgoing Chancellor. She made it clear to him that she, too, was of the opinion that both of the necessary measures could already “work together”. She is happy that she is "in close contact with Olaf Scholz" for this purpose.

The Bavarian Prime Minister Söder also wants an early Prime Minister's Conference with the Federal Government due to the increasing number of new corona infections *.

"Every opportunity to improve the current crisis situation must be used," said Söder of the

.

Previously, the Saarland Prime Minister Tobias Hans (CDU) had called for a quick meeting of the state heads of government, preferably this week.

In the video: Overview - This is in the coalition agreement of the new traffic light government

Actually, December 9th was scheduled for the meeting.

Söder named three topics that it is imperative to talk about: The current Infection Protection Act, which was passed in the Bundestag with the majority of the future traffic light coalition made up of the SPD, Greens and FDP, is “not appropriate to the current situation” and must be restored be changed, said the CSU head of the newspaper.

Corona pandemic in Germany: Markus Söder (CSU) advocates general compulsory vaccination

The second point he mentioned was the vaccination campaign: In order to increase the vaccination rate, Söder wanted pharmacists to be allowed to vaccinate.

As a third point he mentioned the discussion about a general vaccination requirement, which he now supports.

“Only they will pacify society and bring us all back the freedom we knew before Corona.”

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