Corona: FDP boss Lindner rejects lockdown despite the Omikron wave

Corona: FDP boss Lindner rejects lockdown despite the Omikron wave

Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) wants to forego a lockdown despite the increasing spread of the Omikron variant of the corona virus. Instead, the health system is to be strengthened.

The Omikron variant is spreading rapidly, and corona requirements are already being tightened in some regions. Despite the growing wave of Omikron, there should be no new lockdown in Germany, according to Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner. “We want to avoid blanket and blanket closings in the future,” said the FDP chairman to the daily newspapers “Stuttgarter Zeitung”, “Stuttgarter Nachrichten” and the partner newspapers of the Neue Berliner Redaktionsgesellschaft (Wednesday).

Lindner defends FDP course in the fight against coronavirus

The virus variant Omikron is a challenge. “Our goal, however, remains to preserve social life as much as possible and to avoid social damage as far as possible,” said the FDP chief before the federal-state consultations this Friday. Instead, the health system should be able to vaccinate the entire population within a month in future waves.

Lindner defended his party’s policy in the corona pandemic. The fourth wave was mastered with “moderate contact restrictions and the most successful booster campaign in Europe,” he told the papers. “As the chairman of a liberal party, I have to endure the fact that we are criticized if we give special weight to free civil rights.”

According to the responsible state authorities, Omikron is now the predominant virus variant in several federal states such as Baden-Württemberg, Schleswig-Holstein, and Lower Saxony.

Source From: Stern

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