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In view of the high number of corona infections, the chairman of the World Medical Association, Frank Ulrich Montgomery, is calling for the epidemic situation to be extended.
“We continue to have a national pandemic.
It is absurd to want to speak of a repeal in view of incidences of around 300, "said Montgomery of the" Rheinische Post ".
“The winter is going to be cold.
It's up to us that it doesn't become bitter and deadly too. "
Anyone who says 'no compulsory vaccination and never again lockdown' has not understood the epidemiology of the virus and is playing into their hands.
But it could still be possible to break the trend of the fourth wave.
»Vaccination is compulsory wherever people have a guarantee towards those who are being weaned, ie in old people's homes, in hospitals or at school.
If you don't want that, you can't work there. "
The corona situation in the country is currently worsening considerably.
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has been reporting strong increases in the number of corona cases for days.
On Sunday, 33,498 new positive tests were reported, almost 10,000 more than a week ago.
The seven-day incidence rose to 289 (Saturday: 277.4) - a high in the pandemic.
In view of these numbers, criticism of the plans of the future government - which is currently in the middle of coalition negotiations - is growing.
The SPD, Greens and FDP want to let the "epidemic situation of national scope" expire on November 25th.
For a transitional period, initially until March 20, 2022, the Bundestag is to adopt a stripped-down legal framework with which the states can still maintain individual measures.
The core of the agreement between the future coalition partners is the closure of Paragraph 28a, Paragraph 1 of the Infection Protection Act.
Possibilities of a general restriction of travel, cultural events or restaurant visits, among other things, were recorded there.
Most recently, FDP deputy Wolfgang Kubicki defended the project, in which his party is significantly involved, in SPIEGEL.
He said: “There is an epidemic situation, but the so-called epidemic emergency of national scope is a legal construct that the previous federal government used to authorize the federal and state governments to issue very far-reaching ordinances.
These serious encroachments on fundamental rights must be ended, Parliament must regain control over the corona policy. "
Bundeswehr expects great effort
At the same time he resisted the impression that future traffic light partners would downplay the seriousness of the situation: “This is a malicious assumption.
We keep saying that we urgently need to increase the vaccination rate.
None of us questions that the situation is tense. "
A current development from the Ministry of Defense shows how tense the situation could become.
According to information from SPIEGEL, the Bundeswehr is preparing for a nationwide corona emergency.
The responsible Lieutenant General Martin Schelleis wants to mobilize up to 12,000 soldiers as quickly as possible to support the overburdened clinics and health departments.
The force only had more than 10,000 soldiers deployed during the critical phases of the pandemic in winter 2020 and spring 2021.
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