Corona numbers in and around Munich are increasing rapidly - Söder puts pressure on easing

Created: 2022-02-07 05:50

By: Katarina Amtmann, Franziska Konrad

The corona numbers in Munich and the surrounding area are increasing.

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FDP leader Martin Hagen is calling for the curfew to be lifted.

The corona numbers in Bavaria continue to rise, and Munich is also being hit by the Omicron wave.

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• The corona incidence in Bavaria continues to rise (see update from February 6, 7.25 a.m.).

• Söder made a request on Sunday (see update from February 6, 9:42 a.m.).

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update from February 6, 6:01 p.m

.: According to information from our editorial team, the state government is planning to relax the curfew in Bavaria at the beginning of the week.

This is to be moved from the previous 10 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Free voters and the CSU want to decide on the easing on Tuesday and then announce it in a press conference.

It should then apply during the week.

Söder loosens Corona curfew!

Further loosening is possible

According to reports, further easing could be announced on Tuesday.

In the area of ​​cultural and sporting events, the permitted capacities were already increased in January.

Further steps could follow here.

There is already a capacity limit of 50 percent in the theater (previously 25 percent) and up to 10,000 spectators at sporting events.

Update from February 6, 9.42 a.m .:

The corona numbers in Germany and Bavaria continue to rise (see update from 7.25 a.m.), but the discussion about future easing is getting louder.

“The consistent use of FFP2 masks allows contact restrictions to be lifted.

To do this, the federal government must present a phased plan, ”demands Prime Minister Markus Söder.

In a post on Instagram, the CSU boss continued on Sunday: “If we can be sure that the health system will not be overloaded, freedom rights should no longer take a back seat as in other phases of the pandemic.

People have a right that we develop prospects for simplifications now.”

Bavaria's pharmacies start corona vaccinations

Update from February 6, 8.30 a.m .:

Vaccination fatigue sets in again in the Free State – the willingness to be vaccinated against Corona is decreasing.

Can pharmacies bring new impetus?

From next Tuesday, Bavaria's pharmacies will start with the vaccinations.

On December 10, the Bundestag had basically cleared the way for pharmacists, veterinarians and dentists with an amendment to the Infection Protection Act.

However, it is not yet the turn of veterinarians and dentists, as a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health told the German Press Agency.

In the corresponding federal coronavirus vaccination ordinance, these have not yet been named as service providers.

However, veterinarians and dentists would have the opportunity to make their services available in vaccination centers, it said.

On Tuesday: Bavaria's pharmacies start corona vaccinations

The first pharmacies had already administered the first vaccinations in the past week - and used vaccines from a neighboring vaccination center that were otherwise threatened with expiration, as a pharmacist told the dpa.

The experiences have been positive.

The Bavarian Association of Pharmacists believes that many of the nearly 3,000 pharmacies in the state will take part in the vaccination campaign.

"We assume a third," said an association spokeswoman.

"There are many who say: We would like to offer that." Every single vaccination helps to improve the vaccination rate.

Those who wish to be vaccinated can look up which pharmacy offers vaccinations on the Internet portal “Mein Apothekenmanager”.

Corona numbers in and around Munich are increasing rapidly - hotspot Fürstenfeldbruck

Update from February 6, 7.25 a.m .:

The incidence in Bavaria is 1756.0 on Sunday, which means that it has increased slightly compared to the previous day (1741.2).

Germany's hotspot number 1 is further in the Free State: In the district of Fürstenfeldbruck the value is 3822.8.

Fürstenfeldbruck in 1st place - the other corona hotspots in Bavaria

• District of Neuburg-Schrobenhausen: 2541.7

• District of Dachau: 2518.1

• City of Würzburg: 2379.6

• City of Munich: 2360.5 (previous day: 2277.8)

• City of Rosenheim: 2223.6

• City of Ingolstadt: 2204.4

• Starnberg district: 2147.7

A total of 15 districts and cities are above the incidence of 2000.

Corona in Bavaria: FDP boss wants to overturn gastro blocking period: “pointless”

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

Because of the curfew, there is currently a yawning 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 normal, step by step," 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 the 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.

On Saturday morning, February 5, the Bavaria-wide value is 1741.2 according to the RKI.

For comparison: the day before it was 1695.6.

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

Here the incidence increases to 2277.8 (previous day: 2119.3).

Despite the high number of Corona * infections, 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 rising 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 urgently warns of 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 now think about easing, “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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