Corona shock: federal state cracks incidence of 1000

Created: 01/07/2022, 10:01 PM

From: Yannick Hanke

All alarm lamps on: The city of Bremen cracked the seven-day incidence of 1000 on Friday, January 7, 2022. (archive image) © Peter Schickert / imago

Bremen is the nationwide leader in terms of corona incidence.

Now the Hanseatic city has even cracked the 1000 mark.

What this means for Corona rules.

Bremen - The Hanseatic city of Bremen has skipped the incidence of 1000 for new corona infections for the first time.

On Friday, January 7, 2022, Mayor Andreas Bovenschulte (SPD) announced that the value is currently 1052 cases per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days.

The dpa reports on it.

Bremen exceeds the corona incidence of 1000: Mayor Andreas Bovenschulte alarmed - "that worries us too"

"That is a high incidence, it also worries us," Bovenschulte was quoted after the federal-state meeting on how to deal with the omicron variant in connection with the corona incidence.

The relatively high level would also be due to the now high proportion of the Corona variant Omikron in new infections nationwide, but especially in Bremen.

But there is also the somewhat encouraging message that the course of the disease after an omicron infection is less severe than after an infection with the Delta variant.

This is also the opinion of the virologist Hendrik Streeck, who nevertheless warns of a "hard" Omikron time.

This contrasts with the statement by the World Health Organization (WHO) not to underestimate the danger of Omikron.

Bremen introduces Corona warning level four because of Omikron: 2G-Plus applies to restaurants and cultural institutions

Regardless of this debate, Bremen went well beyond the federal-state resolutions with a view to the high corona incidence figures.

Mayor Andreas Bovenschulte also said this with a view to the newly introduced corona warning level four, which will apply in Bremen from Monday, January 10, 2022.

As a result, a 2G-plus regulation will be introduced for gastronomy, including restaurants such as in Lower Saxony, and also for cultural institutions.

This means that only fully vaccinated and recovered people have access.

In addition, these groups of people also need proof of a negative corona test.

FFP2 mask requirement in public transport in Bremen: Omikron does not allow anything else

But as so often in the pandemic, exceptions also apply to this corona rule.

All those who have already received a booster vaccination are exempt from the corona test obligation despite the 2G-plus regulation.

This also applies to people in the first three months after their second vaccination against Corona.

Since January 1, 2022, public transport in Bremen has been obliged to wear an FFP2 mask.

The nationwide 3G rule in buses and trains also remains in place, making it possible for people who have not been vaccinated to use public transport.

Proof of a negative corona test is mandatory.

Retail trade in Bremen: FFP2 mask requirements apply here too - supermarkets with a transition period

As a result of the newly imposed corona warning level four in Bremen, which results from the enormous increase in the seven-day incidence, the FFP2 mask requirement also applies in the retail trade in the Hanseatic city.

This also applies from January 10th.

There is only a transition period of 14 days for shops for daily needs, including basic suppliers such as supermarkets * or drug stores.

In the neighboring state of Lower Saxony, the obligation to wear an FFP2 mask in retail has been in effect since December 2021. Incidentally, 2G-plus was overturned here after a lawsuit by Woolworth in court *.

A corresponding lawsuit in Bremen was again dismissed.

Bremen curiosity: Bremen has the highest incidence nationwide - and the best vaccination rate in Germany

Curious: Ingloriously, Bremen can still be described as the nationwide leader in terms of the seven-day incidence.

At the same time, the Hanseatic city remains the leader in terms of the nationwide vaccination rate.

But nobody feels like laughing at this fact.

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