Corona: Eating, washing, donating – Hamburg helps Hamburgers

Corona: Hamburg’s police control Kiez and Jungfernstieg

In Hamburg there are increased controls by the police, which checks whether people abide by the Corona regulation. On Friday evening, officials visited popular meeting places in Hamburg, where hundreds and sometimes thousands of people usually bustle on weekends. But many places were orphaned.

Police officers patrolled on foot and on horseback at Jungfernstieg. Only occasionally did the officials encounter pedestrians. The situation was similar on the Kiez: the Great Freedom, in which one can no longer see the asphalt for the partying, was almost deserted. Hans-Albers-Platz was also completely swept clean. The shop windows in Herbertstrasse were empty and dark – the chairs on which prostitutes usually wait for customers remained vacant.

Corona: 50 percent more calls with pastoral care

The volunteer helpers of the telephone pastoral care in Hamburg have a lot to do these days. Because of the corona crisis, significantly more people call the hotline of the Hanseatic city than usual, as the head of the telephone counseling service of the Diakonie Hamburg, Babette Glöckner, said. “It has a full impact. We have 50 percent more calls nationwide. The curve went up a lot. It’s THE topic on the phone par excellence. ”

Because of the spreading corona virus, many callers are afraid and feared social and financial hardship. In most cases, the volunteers would have to “just listen, appreciate and appreciate,” says Glöckner. At the same time, the helpers would have to look closely at whom the fears are making waves in an unrealistic way. Then it is a matter of debunking the wrong ideas with facts.

The Diakonie telephone counseling service is manned 24 hours a day. The volunteers can take a maximum of 80 conversations during this time. Many young people are among the helpers. “But I also have an over 80-year-old on the team, who, despite Corona, can’t be taken away. She is here almost every day, ”says Glöckner. In Hamburg there is also Caritas Catholic telephone counseling.

Corona virus: This is how you can protect yourself against infection

• It is best to sneeze or cough in a disposable handkerchief, which you then throw away. If neither is within reach, hold the crook of your arm in front of your mouth and nose. Then: wash your hands
• Wash your hands regularly with soap
• Do not touch the face with your hands because the coronavirus pathogens can enter the body through the mucous membranes of the mouth, nose or eyes and cause an infection
• Keep one to two meters away from people who show symptoms of infection
• Protective masks and disinfectants are superfluous – they can even lead to negligence in more important areas

Corona: Police expect curfew in Hamburg

In order to further limit the spread of the coronavirus, curfews are becoming more and more likely in Germany, as in other European countries. According to Abendblatt information, police and judicial circles assume that a curfew will also apply in Hamburg next week. In the “special organizational structure” (BAO) of the police, which coordinates the police measures against the epidemic in the presidium, considerations are already being made for this case. Should the disaster be formally declared, the overall management of the city’s efforts could pass from the health authority to the interior authority.

The move had not yet been announced at the international level. Ein entsprechender Beschluss werde aber nach Erwartung mehrerer leitender Beamter möglicherweise bereits am Sonnabend und spätestens in einer gemeinsamen Runde von Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel (CDU) und den Ministerpräsidenten der Länder fallen.

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