Resolutions of the Corona summit: These are the new rules for Germany
Created: 01/07/2022, 05:14 PM
By: Florian Naumann, Patrick Mayer
NRW Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst at the video corona summit on Friday.
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The first Corona summit has ended: the federal and state governments made new resolutions.
The focus was on gastronomy, quarantine rules and vaccination.
Update from January 7th, 5:10 p.m.:
The corona consultations of the federal and state governments are over: Due to the spread of the Omikron variant, stricter rules for gastronomy have been decided. Access to restaurants, cafes and similar facilities will soon only be possible for those who have been vaccinated or recovered who have tested negative or have already received a booster vaccination, as Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) said after the meeting.
Regarding the new regulations for isolation and quarantine, Scholz said: "Those who have been boosted no longer have to be in quarantine as a contact person." All others could leave the quarantine or isolation after ten days if there were no more symptoms. This period can be shortened with a PCR test or a recognized rapid test. Where many need to be protected, for example in hospitals or nursing homes, the quarantine and isolation can be shortened after seven days, but then only with a PCR test. A special feature for schools: unlike other population groups, students can test themselves out of a corona quarantine after just five days.
Scholz named a common line, but no quick decisions, on the subject of mandatory vaccination: The states and the federal government agreed on the approval of the step.
However, the question lies with the Bundestag.
On January 24th, the politicians want to meet again.
Resolution proposal by the Union-led countries: Specific steps towards compulsory vaccination are called for
Update from January 7th, 1:45 p.m.:
In their alternative draft resolution (see previous update), the Union-led federal states apparently also demand concrete steps towards mandatory vaccination - at least that's how the Bild reports.
"The states are calling on the Bundestag and the federal government again to present a reliable schedule for this at short notice," it says.
The federal government has recently slowed down on the subject of mandatory vaccination *.
MPK dispute looms: further draft resolution leaked - Wüst and Co. demand symbolic step
Update from January 7, 12:05 p.m.:
The draft resolution for the Corona summit has been known since Thursday (see preliminary report).
But while regional leaders such as Andreas Bovenschulte (Bremen, SPD) and Franziska Giffey (Berlin, SPD) assume that the paper will be passed without a hitch, the Union-led countries have come up with a counter-proposal.
A central demand in it: the reintroduction of the "epidemic situation" by the Bundestag. The
editorial network Germany (RND)
reported on the paper on Friday afternoon . The
RND
quotes from the draft resolution that the demand of the expert council for a quick reaction capability requires "expansion of the options for action". The Union states - which include Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein - brought in the paper as the "B-side" of the states.
However, there should also be support outside the CDU and CSU.
In the
Handelsblatt
, the parliamentary group's health expert, Janosch Dahmen, spoke out in favor of the move.
Baden-Württemberg's head of state, Winfried Kretschmann, also campaigned for a new decision.
The FDP, on the other hand, has recently been skeptical and has warned of widespread closings - this would make the nationwide "epidemic situation" easier.
“There is a proposed resolution.
And I actually expect that we will be able to come to an agreement on this line that is being drawn up there, ”said Bovenschulte on Friday morning in the ARD“ Morgenmagazin ”.
Giffey said on rbb-Inforadio that she is assuming that the prime ministers will adopt the 2G-Plus regulation for the catering trade.
Proposed resolution leaked: Corona problem child wants to relax - these new rules could come
Preliminary report:
Munich / Dresden - This Friday, January 7th, it's that time again: Corona summit.
The next Prime Minister's Conference on the coronavirus pandemic is coming up in Germany.
And a federal state provides a surprise before the round.
Specifically: Saxony wants to relax widely in its federal state, despite the Omikron variant.
The Corona rules are to be harmonized across the board throughout Germany.
As several media reports unanimously, the traffic light federal government made up of the SPD, the Greens and the FDP published a new draft resolution the day before, the measures of which are to be implemented in all federal states by January 15 at the latest.
According to the reports, the draft resolution contains the following rules
:
Corona rules in Germany: New draft resolution from the traffic light federal government
Contact restrictions
: The fact that a maximum of ten people are allowed at private meetings of vaccinated and convalescents should continue to apply.
Unvaccinated and non-recovered people may meet a maximum of two people from another household.
Work and job
: The federal and state governments advocate making greater use of home office in the coming weeks and for companies to enable employees to do so.
Schools:
stay open.
Children who are considered to be the contact persons of infected people should be able to “test themselves” after five days with a PCR test or a high-quality antigen test.
Quarantine and self-isolation:
After contact with infected people or your own infection with the coronavirus, you can “free yourself” after seven days with a negative PCR test or a high-quality antigen test.
Employees in the critical infrastructure are allowed to leave the quarantine after five days with a mandatory PCR test.
Gastronomy:
stays open.
From January 15, access should only be allowed on the basis of the 2Gplus rule or, for those who have been boosted, from the day of the booster vaccination.
Leisure and retail:
Only vaccinated and convalescent people (2G) are allowed to and in events for cultural and leisure activities, including cinemas, museums and theaters.
The 2G rule also applies in retail.
Corona rules in Germany: Saxony wants easing instead of tightening
Apparently, Saxony also wants to adapt to these rules, despite the particularly high number of corona infections.
Further tightening should not come despite the tricky situation there.
This is also reported by several media unanimously, including
Der Spiegel
.
According to this, Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU) is planning the following from January 14:
The 20 o'clock curfew is to be dropped
in restaurants .
Bars and clubs will remain closed, however.
Indoor sports are again permitted in
compliance with the 2Gplus rule and for those who have been boosted.
3G (vaccinated, recovered or tested) should apply to
visits to the hairdresser , and 2G (vaccinated or recovered with appropriate evidence) for services close to the body.
Up to 1000 people should be allowed to take part
in demonstrations .
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