Corona summit ended: retail and gastronomy can hope - new rules known

Created: 12/21/2021Updated: 12/21/2021, 7:06 PM

By: Patricia Huber

A sign stating the 2G rules hangs in a cafe.

Stricter corona-related restrictions apply in North Rhine-Westphalia.

© Oliver Berg / dpa

The federal and state governments will again discuss the corona measures on Tuesday (December 21).

Initial information on changes for entrepreneurs and organizers has already been leaked.

• On Tuesday (December 21), the federal and state governments will again discuss the

  corona measures

  .

• According to initial information, tightenings are planned

  for

  major events

  and, according to media reports, companies affected by the pandemic can

  hope

  for

  financial support for

  even longer

  .

• This news ticker is updated regularly

Update from December 21st, 7 p.m.:

The complete lockdown is missing and also the stricter rules before and over Christmas.

However, there will still be clear tightening of the rules.

This also includes contact restrictions for those who have been vaccinated and those who have recovered.

As of December 28th, you can only meet with a maximum of ten people.

However, no decision was taken to close retail or gastro.

However, from December 28th, Bundesliga matches and other major events may only take place without an audience.

The bridging aid 4 is extended.

An overview of the resolutions can be found here.

Update from December 21, 6:22 p.m .:

Is there a lockdown over Christmas after all? According to the picture, this is what Saxony’s Prime Minister Kretschmer calls for at the MPK. He wants to close restaurants, sports facilities and events across Germany. It remains to be seen whether it will prevail.

Update from December 21, 5:55 p.m.:

The Corona-MPK between the federal government and the states has been running since 4 p.m. According to Bild, Chancellor Olaf Scholz made it clear at the beginning that today it should not be about text work, but about decision-making. But what are they? There were various draft resolutions before the MPK, each of which contradicted each other. In a relatively uniform manner, the political submissions call for clubs and discos to be closed from December 28th. But on Tuesday the RKI demanded “maximum contact restrictions” including the closure of other shops and the entire catering trade - and that before Christmas.

Initial report:

Berlin - Tomorrow, Tuesday (December 21), there is another federal-state summit to discuss the Corona * measures.

The new Omikron * variant is still on the advance and could induce politicians to take more stringent measures across the board.

A summit resolution proposal has already leaked.

Bad news awaits organizers in particular.

Corona: Green politician Dahmen brings lockdown into play

The already battered gastronomy could also be hit hard again.

The Green health politician Janosch Dahmen brought a lockdown * after the holidays into play.

“We have to get ahead of the Omikron wave with our measures.

Our actions today will determine tomorrow's pandemic situation, ”said Dahmen of the German Press Agency.

“Given the extremely high transferability of Omikron, we will probably not be able to avoid a lockdown after Christmas.

A possible scenario would be a well-planned lockdown in early January. "

Health Minister Karl Lauterbach, however, expressed optimism.

In a

broadcast he said about the time after the holidays: "I don't think we will have a hard lockdown there either."

Corona summit: major events are to be restricted more strongly

Large events are to be severely restricted. We are talking about a maximum utilization of 30 to 50 percent in closed rooms. Furthermore, the 2G + rule should apply to sports, cultural and other major events. So only vaccinated and convalescent people have access who can also show a negative test result.

But there is also good news.

The bridging aid * IV for companies is to be extended.

The hardship aid, the federal special fund for trade fairs and exhibitions, the federal special fund for cultural events, the Corona aid professional sport program and the KfW special program are to be extended, as the

reports

So far, the aid has been extended until the end of March 2022.