Corona Summit Live: New draft resolution – First Prime Minister becomes clear
Created: 02/16/2022, 09:22
By: Tobias Utz, Tim Vincent Dicke, Alina Schröder
The Corona summit of the federal and state governments will take place on Wednesday.
Relaxation and new rules are in the room - the situation in the news ticker.
On Wednesday (February 16, 2022) the federal and state governments will discuss at a Corona summit meeting.
At the Prime Ministers' Conference (MPK), the first corona loosening* should be decided.
The news situation on the Corona summit in a compact overview.
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According to the latest draft resolution from the Corona summit, a change in the status of those who have recovered should be decided.
After the RKI reduced the status, the federal states apparently consider it necessary to extend the recovered status to six months for those who have not been vaccinated or to nine months for those who have been vaccinated twice.
Corona summit today: Union federal states want to enforce vaccination registers
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The federal states led by the Union apparently want to enforce a vaccination register at the Corona summit.
This emerges from a new draft of the so-called B-side.
Specifically, a systematized data collection for corona vaccinations is required.
The Expert Council had already called for this at the end of January.
Olaf Scholz (centre) at a press conference after a Corona summit.
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Shortly before the start of the Corona summit on Wednesday, there are numerous reports of possible easing in Germany.
In particular, the second draft resolution of the federal-state consultations fuels this (see update of February 15, 2022, 11 p.m.).
Hendrik Hendrik Wüst is obviously going too fast.
The Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia warned against premature easing on Deutschlandfunk on Wednesday morning.
"We need the steps, we shouldn't throw everything overboard that has proven itself as a protective mechanism over the past few months," says Wüst.
The goal must be to combine “openness” and “mindfulness”.
Hendrik Wüst (CDU), Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia.
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The mask and distance requirement as well as the tests are important as basic protection, he emphasized.
"We should always take 14 days between the stages and look in both directions to see whether it's successful or not, whether we have to be more careful," explained Wüst.
Corona Summit Live: New easing planned
Update from Wednesday, February 16, 2022, 7 a.m.:
Today, Wednesday (February 16, 2022), the federal and state governments will meet again for a Corona summit to discuss how to proceed in the pandemic in Germany.
However, the signs are clearly pointing to easing, as shown by an initial draft resolution that our editorial team has received.
This mainly talks about extensive easing for private meetings and about a 3G regulation in gastronomy.
Major events with a larger audience should also be possible again.
Corona summit live: Lauterbach gives details of easing
Health Minister Karl Lauterbach, however, positioned himself immediately before the federal-state meeting against a complete reduction in the corona requirements.
Lauterbach told the dpa that it was time to relax with a sense of proportion.
However, the ability to react quickly and flexibly is still necessary because the virus does not disappear immediately.
"That's why we have to formulate the Infection Protection Act in such a way that basic protection is guaranteed and can be extended if necessary," said Lauterbach.
Even after March 20th, more should be possible than just “mask and distance”.
Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) warns before the Corona summit that the requirements will be completely reduced.
© Michael Sohn/dpa
Corona summit: New draft resolution provides for further easing
Update from Tuesday, February 15th, 2022, 11 p.m.:
Shortly before the Corona summit on Wednesday (February 15th, 2022) a surprise is looming.
As emerged from a first draft resolution that is available to our editorial team, there are said to be numerous relaxations of the pandemic measures in Germany.
It has now transpired that it could be relaxed even further.
This emerges from a new draft resolution, which the news portal Business Insider has insight into.
According to the report, the second draft on the subject of private meetings states: “In a first step, private meetings for vaccinated and recovered people will again be possible without limiting the number of participants”.
In the previous paper, there was talk of an upper limit of 20 people.
Ten people are currently allowed to meet privately.
According to Business Insider, the upper limit for spectators at events should also be increased.
Indoors, a maximum utilization of 60 instead of 40 percent of the respective maximum capacity should be allowed.
According to the report, the maximum number of people was also increased in the draft resolution: from 4,000 to 6,000.
Corona summit: new rules, relaxation, "Freedom Day" - that should change
First report from Tuesday, February 15, 2022, 2:15 p.m.:
Berlin – A new corona summit is on the political agenda.
The representatives of the federal and state governments will meet in Berlin on Wednesday (February 16, 2022) to discuss Germany's next steps in the corona pandemic.
The point in time is not chosen by chance: according to the forecasts of Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach* and RKI boss Lothar Wieler, the peak of the omicron wave* should be reached in mid-February.
On Tuesday, the minister even announced in the Bild newspaper that the "peak was passed".
In fact, the number of cases has been falling for a few days.
However, after weeks of increasing, they are still at a comparatively high level.
One factor that experts have repeatedly brought into play in recent months is the incidence of hospitalization, i.e. the utilization of hospitals and clinics.
The situation in the intensive care units remains tense.
According to data from the DIVI intensive care register, 2479 Covid-19 patients are currently being cared for (as of February 15, 2022).
Corona summit: New easing planned for MPK
Apart from the situation in the intensive care units, the vaccination rate in Germany is increasing: according to data from the federal government, 74.9 percent (about 62.3 million people) have now been vaccinated twice against the corona virus.
55.6 percent (about 46.2 million people) have already received their booster vaccination.
In the run-up to the Corona summit, this fact repeatedly called for those responsible to call for easing.
Above all, representatives of the FDP* attracted attention.
But Chancellor Olaf Scholz* and Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck* also commented on this.
Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (left) and Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (right) in conversation.
(Archive photo) © Florian Gärtner/Photothek/Imago Images
The first draft resolution of the federal-state consultations, which is available to our editors, provides for far-reaching relaxation of the corona measures and rules*.
On March 20, 2022 - the beginning of spring - "extensive restrictions on social, cultural and economic life should be gradually lifted".
It should be relaxed in three steps.
As a first step
, private meetings for vaccinated and recovered people with more than ten participants should be allowed.
The upper limit should rise to 20 people.
However, this should not apply to the unvaccinated, as the draft resolution states: "Due to the particular risk to the unvaccinated, the restrictions for these people will remain in place until March 19, 2022." The draft also provides for the abolition of corona controls retail before.
Only wearing an FFP2 mask should continue to be recommended.
In the second step
, only the 3G rule should apply in gastronomy and overnight accommodation.
According to the draft, discotheques and clubs will be open to those who have recovered and those who have been vaccinated with a daily test or with a third vaccination – so a strict 2G Plus rule should apply here.
In the third step
, from March 20, 2022, “all more far-reaching protective measures” will be eliminated.
The draft resolution also states: “The home office regulations that are mandatory under the Infection Protection Act are also no longer applicable.” March 20 is therefore being discussed as “Freedom Day”.
The concrete measures which are to be decided according to the draft resolution of the Corona summit again in a compact overview:
Contact restrictions:
Up to 20 recovered and vaccinated people should be allowed to meet again.
Events:
Events should be possible again with the 2G or 2G Plus concept.
Gastronomy:
Bars and restaurants should be allowed to open again with the 3G concept.
Retail:
Restrictions in retail are to be abolished.
Discotheques and clubs:
With the 2G Plus concept, dance halls should be allowed to open again.
(tu/as/tvd)
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