Obviously, what was negotiated at the Corona summit is not enough for him. Markus Söder has already announced tightening for Bavaria.
- At a press conference on Friday afternoon (at 1 p.m. here live), Bavaria’s Prime Minister wants to discuss his new corona plans (see original message).
- Health Minister Klaus Holetschek (CSU) does not want to “rule anything out” before the upcoming press conference. (Update November 19, 8:49 a.m.).
- This news ticker is continuously updated.
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Corona in Bavaria: Söder-PK eagerly awaited – Minister does not want to “rule anything out”
Update November 19, 9.47 a.m.: The press conference with CSU boss Markus Söder in Munich begins in just under three hours. In Bavaria, stricter rules to combat the corona pandemic are now to be introduced, Söder already announced at the Prime Minister’s Conference that he wanted to implement everything that is legally possible. Health Minister Klaus Holetschek (CSU) has now followed up in the BR.
“At the moment I don’t want to rule out anything at all when it comes to how we are now discussing measures. We have a need for action, “said Holetschek:” I believe that a lockdown is not legally enforceable even for vaccinated people, “he said. The new infections must now be resolved and resolved, so that the hospitals do not have to do more in two weeks than they already have.
Corona situation in Bavaria continues to be critical: clinics because of intensive care patients at the limit
Update November 19, 8:49 a.m .: According to the hospital society, the situation in Bavarian hospitals in the fourth corona wave is more critical than ever before in the pandemic. So far, intensive care patients could still be moved within Bavaria if there were no beds available on site – but that would only be possible for “a few days”, warned Roland Engehausen, managing director of the Bavarian Hospital Society in the “Augsburger Allgemeine” (Friday edition).
“So far we have tried to relocate within Bavaria, for example from Swabia over a hundred kilometers to Lower Franconia. But that might be fine for a few more days, ”he said. Without tough countermeasures, the number of corona intensive care patients in Bavaria would increase by around 30 percent per week – “so that we will soon no longer have a chance for transfers within the Free State”.
Update November 19, 8:11 a.m .: The hotel and restaurant association Dehoga Bayern is considering a lawsuit against the resolutions of the federal and state governments to contain the fourth wave of corona. “Comprehensive 2G plus in the hospitality industry is not proportionate and also means a de facto lockdown for many companies due to the lack of test capacities,” said state manager Thomas Geppert on Friday in Munich. “We reserve the right to check this in court for proportionality.”
Corona news from Bavaria: Söder plans tightening after the summit
Origin message:
Munich – In view of the exploding numbers of new infections, the black-orange coalition in Bavaria wants to resolve a significant tightening of the corona rules on Friday (November 19). Markus Söder (CSU) had already announced drastic cuts, especially for unvaccinated people in the Free State on Thursday evening after the Prime Minister’s Conference – there would be a “de facto lockdown for unvaccinated people”.
He explicitly mentioned the instrument of contact restrictions. In addition, it is about personnel upper limits in certain areas “and also the cancellation” of events. He did not want to be more specific before consulting the coalition partner. In an ARD talk, however, Söder had already recommended that all Christmas markets in the Free State be called off.
Bavaria will exhaust all legal possibilities – both according to the previous and the new legal situation, i.e. on the basis of the old and the newly drafted Infection Protection Act, explained Söder. “The principle is clear: tighten, and fundamentally. Reduce contacts, both at events and in other areas, ”he explained. “We do what we have to do.”
New corona rules in Bavaria: Söder wants to “check what is possible”
According to the new version of the Federal Infection Protection Act, the state parliaments should be able to decide on restrictions in the leisure, cultural or sports sectors. Exit restrictions, general business or school closings and travel bans should then be excluded. However, if countries still order such measures, they could remain in force until December 15.
We will exhaust all possibilities. Contact restrictions, upper limits and a de facto lockdown for unvaccinated people are necessary. The incidence in unvaccinated people is 1500 and clinics are running full. That is why more guard rails are needed to relieve care and medicine.
– Markus Söder (@Markus_Soeder) November 18, 2021
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“We will examine what is possible under the new law. We will consider what, according to the old law, especially until December 15th. is possible, “said Bavaria’s Prime Minister for the record. Everything that is decided on Friday has to be used deliberately for the next three weeks to reduce the numbers and relieve the health system.
Söder live from Munich: This is how the special corona path for Bavaria will be
Lockdown measures also for vaccinated people – which would still be possible for a certain transitional period according to the old legal situation – Söder believes, however, to be legally complicated, in his own words. “A complete restriction, for example for vaccinated people, would hardly be imaginable under the current circumstances and would be constitutional.”
Söder wants to present all the results of the consultations at a press conference in Munich. We report from 1 p.m. in the live ticker. (lks/dpa)
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