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Corona patient in Essen: The Union countries are demanding stricter rules
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The fourth corona wave has Germany firmly under control. The Union-led states and Baden-Württemberg are now pressing for specific minimum resolutions in the consultations with Executive Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and her likely successor Olaf Scholz (SPD) on the corona pandemic. Before the consultations on Tuesday, the so-called B-countries agreed on a five-point catalog of demands with protective measures, which SPIEGEL also has.
According to the draft, unvaccinated people should only be allowed to meet a maximum of five people from a maximum of two households in the future.
Vaccinated, convalescent and children under the age of twelve are not included in the total number of people.
Spouses, civil partners and partners in a non-marital partnership would be considered one household, even if they did not have a common place of residence.
Clubs and discos are to be closed according to the ideas of the B countries.
At major events, the capacity should only be used to a third.
Schleswig-Holstein wants to make these rules dependent on incidences.
Specific resolutions are not planned
Before the deliberations, it was unclear whether there would be any resolutions at all.
It was said in advance that no resolutions were planned.
In some cases, the requirements already apply in individual countries or regions, such as capacity restrictions at events.
In the event that the Bundestag does not determine the epidemic situation of national scope again, the Union-led states ask the federal government to amend the Infection Protection Act by December 10th so that certain measures are fully available to them beyond December 15th.
In areas with an extraordinarily high seven-day incidence, it should be possible to place restrictions in excess of the minimum measures mentioned.
In addition, the B-Länder ask the federal government to initiate the preparation of a general vaccination requirement as soon as possible.
The facility-related vaccination obligation in nursing homes and hospitals to protect particularly vulnerable people, which was decided on in the federal-state round on November 18, must come into force this year.
"We need uniform measures as minimum protection throughout Germany in order to significantly reduce contacts and protect the people in the state," tweeted North Rhine-Westphalia's Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst (CDU), who is also chairman of the Prime Minister's Conference.
"We have always been the strongest together in combating the pandemic." It is therefore important that advice is given today in the federal and state district.
"Above all, we need concrete results quickly."
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