Curfew in more and more cities in BW – SWR Aktuell

There are night exit restrictions in 20 of 44 urban and rural districts in Baden-Württemberg. You can see whether your region is also included here:

What does a curfew mean?

• the apartment may only be vacated between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. in exceptional cases.

These include:

• way to work
• volunteer work in the fire brigade, disaster control and rescue service
• Doctor and veterinarian visits
• Accompaniment of people in need of support and minors
• Accompanying the dying and people in acutely life-threatening conditions
• Actions taken to care for animals, such as dog walks

The city and rural districts have to impose the curfews themselves. The situation can therefore change at short notice at any time. (Current status: April 15, 4:30 p.m.)

Why are there curfews?

Exit restrictions are part of the so-called “emergency brake”. They are only imposed when other measures, such as closing shops or zoos, do not have a sufficient effect. Whether this is the case is at the discretion of the individual urban and rural districts. They also have to put the exit restrictions into effect and have been very hesitant to do so so far.

According to the state’s Corona regulation, the “emergency brake” actually applies from a 7-day incidence of 100. However, the Ministry of Social Affairs has now instructed the district administrators to use this measure from an incidence of 150.

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