Berlin. The Bundeswehr and the Robert Koch Institute are to send experts to Corona hotspots in the future. According to an agreement reached on Friday between Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and the mayors of large cities, this applies if more than 35 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants were registered in seven days.
Cities should introduce more extensive restrictions at the latest when the value rises to 50 infections. This includes, for example, the expansion of the mandatory face mask to include public spaces if the necessary distance cannot be maintained there. There are also curfew and alcohol restrictions for restaurants and bars as well as further restrictions on the number of participants in events and private celebrations.
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The metropolises should relieve their regulatory agencies so that they can control the restrictions. The federal and state governments should advise at short notice on how the federal and state police forces can help. If the increase in the number of infections does not come to a standstill after ten days at the latest, further restriction steps are inevitable.
In view of the sharp rise in the number of corona infections, Merkel met with those responsible for the eleven largest German cities. The mayors and mayors of Berlin, Hamburg, Bremen, Munich, Frankfurt am Main, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen, Leipzig and Stuttgart took part in the video conference.
Overview of agreements:
- At the latest from 35 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in seven days, the Robert Koch Institute sends experts to the city to advise crisis teams at the request of the city.
- This also applies to experts in the Bundeswehr.
- From 50 infections per 100,000 inhabitants, there should be new restrictions immediately. This includes an extension of the mask requirement, contact restrictions and, if necessary, curfew hours and alcohol restrictions for the catering industry as well as restrictions on participants for events and private celebrations.
- If the health authorities are overwhelmed with the tracking of contacts, the federal and state governments should provide personal support.
- The big cities have to relieve the public order offices so that they can monitor compliance with the rules. The federal and state governments advise on whether the federal and state police forces can also provide support.
- Protective measures in old people’s and nursing homes, hospitals and facilities for the disabled should be adapted to the number of infections. The federal government ensures that the costs of regular rapid tests are covered by residents, patients, visitors and staff.
- If the increase in the number of infections is not slowed down by these measures within ten days, further restriction steps are planned to reduce public contacts. (dpa)
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