Bavaria is still dominated by the Corona crisis. A mask requirement will soon also apply in the Bavarian state parliament – but one faction does not like it at all.
Update from June 10, 11:25 a.m .: In the course of Corona crisis became one for restaurants in Bavaria Curfew introduced. According to the head of the FDP parliamentary group, Martin Hagen, this must be abolished. “The restrictions are no longer proportionate. The Corona curfew has to go, restaurants should also be allowed to open after 10 p.m. ” He said that in Munich on Wednesday. In Bavaria there are only about 1000 active corona cases with around 13 million inhabitants – the tendency is falling. At the same time, many restaurants fought for survival.
Corona virus in Bavaria: mask requirement decided in the state parliament – but one faction refuses
Update from June 9, 6:50 p.m .: The AfD group wants the valid from Monday (June 15th) Mask requirement* all in one Bavarian Parliament not implement in their own offices and work areas. She will “not follow the decision of Ilse Aigner (CSU) President of the Landtag and in the area of work and responsibility of the AfD group No mask requirement for both employees and MPs, ”said the parliamentary group. Instead, they appeal to the maturity of every employee and visitor to the Parliament.
Parliamentary Managing Director Christoph Maier said: “It doesn’t make sense why the strict Mask requirement should apply to employees and visitors, but not to MPs. This carries the contradiction AfD group not with and generally speaks against one Mask requirement in the Maximilianeum. “
Last Monday (June 8), the state parliament announced that, after consulting Aigner with the parliamentary leaders of the parliamentary groups and the virologist Oliver T. Keppler, there was a mask requirement in the Maximilianeum from June 15. But it does not apply to MPs, since these can not be prescribed, their mandate only with mask to be allowed to exercise. An “urgent recommendation” applies to them.
Corona virus in Bavaria: conditions for tourism and trade no longer relaxed
Update from 12.14 p.m.: Despite various demands of the Free voters are said to be in Bavaria this week Corona pads for tourism and trade can no longer be relaxed. “It is a pity that there are no others Easing there, ”said parliamentary leader Florian Streibl on Tuesday (June 9th). Streibl shared crisis management with the coalition partner over the weekend CSU demand a weakening of the currently applicable travel restrictions and regulations on infection protection – even before Corpus Christi. Without further easing, distortions of competition to the detriment of the Bavarian economy are to be feared, especially in the border regions.
Corona crisis in Bavaria: Tourism in Bavaria collapses due to the corona crisis
In Bavaria’s hotels and pensions in April because of the Corona crisis only a fraction of the usual guests at this time of year. The approximately 6,400 accommodation facilities still open had reported about 173,000 guest arrivals for April, the State Office for Statistics announced on Tuesday in Fürth. That means a minus of 94.5 percent compared to April 2019. The number of overnight stays shrank to around 800,000 – a decrease of 89.8 percent compared to the same month last year.
The otherwise popular camping practically never took place in April – that The minus here was 99.8 percent for arrivals and 99.4 percent for overnight stays. The April balance sheet looks little better for youth hostels and mountain huts. In April, almost half of all 12,000 accommodation establishments closed completely at 46.5 percent. Looking at the first third of the year, the balance sheet is devastatingly bad. From January to April, 42.2 percent fewer guests arrived in Bavaria. The Number of nights decreased by 37.3 percent compared to the same period in the previous year.
Update from 10:51 a.m .: The corona virus crisis has drastically changed life, including in shopping behavior. Some things could remain after the crisis, especially in the digital world. An online supermarket therefore wants to open earlier than planned – in Munich. He could be a competitor for the existing chains.
Corona virus in Bavaria: Free State sends returnees to Sweden in quarantine
Update from 10.13 a.m .: Bavaria sends Sweden returnees two weeks in quarantine. “As long as Sweden exceeds this incidence value, the Free State of Bavaria also has a quarantine obligation when entering or returning from Sweden,” said a spokesman for the Bavarian Ministry of Health on Tuesday. Because then the corresponding regulation of Entry Quarantine Ordinance (EQV), in which the critical mark is given with a “number of new infections in relation to the population of more than 50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants cumulatively in the last seven days”. Several federal states have already formulated a quarantine obligation for people entering from Sweden. The reason is the corona development there
Update from 8.57 a.m .: This semester is unusual for Bavaria’s students: because of the Corona crisis, they study primarily on the Internet. The exams will also run differently than normal: Several variants are under discussion.*
New easing for Bavaria since Monday: An industry remains outside – and now wants to demonstrate
Announcement of origin from June 9, 6.57 a.m.
Munich – On Tuesday (June 9th) service providers from the Wedding industry at 10 a.m. with a demonstration in the Bavarian capital to draw attention to their difficult situation in Corona times.
“The wedding industry is from the beginning of corona came to a standstill, ”said Munich wedding planner Doreen Winking, who helped to organize the protest. “The easing that is coming is not enough for us.” This year, she was supposed to organize twelve weddings – all had failed.
Corona virus in Bavaria: the wedding industry protests in Munich
It goes with that protest not to question the Corona measures as a whole, “but an entire industry has practically no income – and that will continue until the end of the year. We need Solutions and answers. “
Not only wedding planners are affected, but also Musician or the operators of Wedding locations. According to estimates, the industry in Germany has lost up to a billion euros as a result of the corona pandemic, said Winking. “Hundreds of wedding receptions were canceled – thousands probably.”
Corona virus in the Free State: Aid hospitals in Bavaria are being dismantled again
The corona pandemic in Bavaria also led to the fact that auxiliary hospitals were built – but then the crisis turned out to be much more mild than feared. That is why these auxiliary hospitals are being dismantled again. Some were not started at all, according to a survey by the German Press Agency. The test capacities, on the other hand, are to be massively expanded.
“It is not yet clear to what extent the expansion of the tests will have an impact on the 124 existing test centers in Bavaria,” said Minister of Health Melanie Huml (CSU) Indeed. The tests are to be strengthened in particular for groups of people who are particularly at risk or who work in the so-called critical infrastructure. “In addition, in the Free State of Bavaria, people who do not show any typical symptoms of a corona infection should also be given the opportunity to be tested,” says Huml. Details would still be worked out.
Coronavirus in Bavaria: Government sees itself prepared for an increase in the number of infections
Alone in Region of Upper Bavaria According to the information, seven such auxiliary hospitals were set up. With the exception of Erding, all have been or will be dismantled. According to a spokesman for the district government, three auxiliary hospitals in Schwandorf, Oberviechtach and Waldsassen as well as a makeshift hospital in Weiden were built in the Upper Palatinate. Only the locations in Schwandorf and Oberviechtach are on standby.
For a possible increase in Infection numbers the authorities consider themselves well equipped despite the dismantling of the auxiliary hospitals. A spokeswoman for the government of Upper Franconia, where the concepts during the Pandemic So far, this has not been necessary either, for example: “In the event of the occurrence of a second wave of Covid-19 disease, additional inpatient treatment capacities could be secured on a very short-term basis.”
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