Corona loosening in Bavaria?

Holetschek gives update - FDP boss wants to overturn gastro blocking period: "pointless"

Created: 2022-02-06 06:14

By: Franziska Konrad

Health Minister Klaus Holetschek supports Söder's relaxation plan - but he has one condition.

© Sven Hoppe/dpa

Omicron causes the incidences to rise rapidly.

Are there still loosening in Bavaria?

Holetschek curbs expectations.

FDP leader Martin Hagen insists on lifting the curfew.

• Day after day, the corona incidences* in the Free State are breaking new records.

  A Munich infectiologist urgently warns against premature loosening

  (see first report)

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• Health Minister Holetschek supports Söder's relaxation plan, but also slows down expectations that are too high

  (see update from February 5, 11:50 a.m.)

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• If FDP leader Martin Hagen has his way, the curfew will soon fall in Bavaria

  (see update from February 5, 1:59 p.m.)

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• This news ticker is updated regularly.

Update from February 5, 1:59 p.m .:

Because of the curfew, there is currently a gaping emptiness in all Bavarian inns from 10 p.m.

However, if the Bavarian FDP leader Martin Hagen has his way, that should change as soon as possible.

"It's time that we gradually return to normality," Hagen told the 

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His hope: an early lifting of the curfew.

“The Munich attitude to life is lost.

And you also know that if you want to party longer, you can celebrate at home.

There is no point in banishing people from the public eye to their private homes.”

Corona in Bavaria: FDP leader calls for curfew to be lifted

Another important point for the demand of the FDP politician: the explosive Corona situation of the restaurateurs.

"As long as guests are sent home immediately after dinner, it is hardly possible to run a tavern profitably.

The beverage turnover is important for the innkeepers.

And there are also many tourists in Munich who are used to having dinner later at home.”

At the same time, the state must continue to support the catering industry with money, “as it effectively forbids them to do their job.” Hagen makes it clear: “The innkeepers don’t want alms, they want to cultivate Bavarian hospitality.

And now it's high time to let them do it again.”

Update from February 5, 11:50 a.m .:

Because of the rapid spread of omicron, a Munich chief physician warns against premature easing in the Free State

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The doctor is not alone in his caution.

Health Minister Klaus Holetschek (CSU) is now also significantly dampening expectations for opening steps.

The CSU politician supports a phased plan for opening steps in the pandemic, but at the same time warns against exaggerated expectations.

The pandemic has taught us “that we must not be too hasty and we cannot always compare our situation with other countries,” he told the

Corona loosening in Bavaria: Holetschek is also dampening expectations

The situation in the clinics still has to be closely monitored: "At the moment we are looking at a stable picture in the context of the inpatient stress situation - despite the exploding number of infections." At the moment, the number of corona infections and the burden on the health system are decoupling.

“If we can keep the current situation beyond the maximum number of infections, the way is open to us for further relief.” For this reason, the Minister of Health continues to support the phased plan for easing proposed by Prime Minister Söder (CSU).

Original article from February 5th:

Munich – The current corona trend in the Free State continues: Day after day, the incidences make a huge leap upwards.

According to the RKI, on Saturday morning, February 5, the Bavaria-wide value is 1741.2.

For comparison: the day before it was 1695.6.

In the state capital of Munich, too, the numbers continue to skyrocket.

Here the incidence rises to 2,277.8 (previous day: 2119.3).

Despite the high number of Corona * infections, the calls for early easing in Bavaria - including from Prime Minister Söder * - are getting louder.

The Munich infectiologist Clemens Wendtner warns against quick loosening.

Corona numbers are increasing in Munich - Munich's chief physician warns of easing

The clinics are still facing major challenges, the chief physician for infectiology at the Munich Clinic Schwabing told the

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“And the occupancy of the intensive care beds is not the whole truth either.

Because at Omikron, the normal wards are in high demand instead.” There are just as limited capacities there.

Corona loosening in Bavaria soon?

The Munich chief physician Clemens Wendtner warns against this.

© Munich Clinic/Munich Clinic Schwabing/dpa

"For me as a clinician, it doesn't matter whether someone is in a hospital with or because of Corona*," Wendtner clarifies.

"Covid-19 is a significant risk factor for people who are hospitalized for other reasons." Day after day he sees the patients in the clinic.

"This is suffering, people are scared to death."

Corona loosening in Bavaria?

Omikron demands normal wards in clinics

You can think about easing now, "but you shouldn't implement them just yet".

The doctor warns urgently: Until at least April “we will still be dealing with the high incidence figures.

Although Omikron's courses are not that severe, there are still 0.5 percent of newly infected people who, statistically speaking, become seriously ill." In view of the high number of cases, more than 1000 people are affected every day.

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