With which corona strategy are the federal and state governments going into autumn? Municipalities and business are pressing for clarity. The fixation on the incidence value will probably fall.
North Rhine-Westphalia’s Prime Minister Armin Laschet rejects discrimination against unvaccinated people if they can show a negative corona test. “The state must not exclude those who have been vaccinated, recovered or tested from participating in social life,” said the CDU / CSU candidate for chancellor before the next federal and state consultations on Tuesday of “Bild am Sonntag”. The so-called 3-G rule is “sensible, moderate and implementable”.
Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and the heads of government of the federal states want to discuss how to proceed on Tuesday. The Federal Ministry of Health has made suggestions. Above all, possible restrictions on the unvaccinated are causing debate. The ministry also proposed an end to the free rapid tests by mid-October. For more than a month, the number of new infections every day has been increasing again.
The City Council calls for a vaccination strategy for autumn and winter in order to be better prepared for a fourth corona wave. Managing Director Helmut Dedy told the German Press Agency: “We have a whole series of new vaccination tasks in front of our breasts: booster vaccinations for the elderly and those in need of care, more vaccinations for children from 12 years and a lot more direct vaccination offers.” Cities need clarity beyond September, when most of the major vaccination centers close.
Another lockdown would be a disaster for the economy
The Association of Towns and Municipalities demanded a uniform approach from the federal government and the federal states. “We must not begin to weave new patchwork carpets,” said chief executive Gerd Landsberg of the Funke media group. The existing rules on distance, masks and hygiene should continue to apply everywhere – regardless of vaccinations. FDP parliamentary group vice Michael Theurer called for a “binding plan to prevent the next lockdown”.
Corresponding demands are also coming from the economy. “Another lockdown, catastrophic for German medium-sized companies, must now be ruled out with binding force,” said a letter from the Federal Association of Medium-Sized Enterprises to Laschet. The letter has been submitted to the German Press Agency. The General Secretary of the CDU Economic Council, Wolfgang Steiger, warned the editorial network Germany (RND): “Another lockdown would be the ultimate break of the neck for many small and medium-sized companies in the catering, hotel and retail sectors.”
New infections are increasing, as are more hospitalizations
There is a lot of approval for demands that the seven-day incidence no longer be the sole benchmark for corona measures. The occupancy of hospital beds and intensive care units must also be decisive, said Laschet. CSU regional group leader Alexander Dobrindt found in the “Bild am Sonntag”: “Incidence as the sole measure of all things has had its day.” Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania’s Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig (SPD) promoted a “Corona traffic light”.
Just like the number of new corona infections, the number of patients in intensive care is now increasing. According to emergency medicine (DIVI) from Saturday, 417 were treated in intensive care. A week ago it was 359.
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