Düsseldorf (dpa / lnw) – North Rhine-Westphalia deviates in some points from the agreements with the federal government and the other states with the tightened corona protective measures. The new regulation, which will apply from Monday, for the federal state, which has around 18 million inhabitants, does not limit the radius of movement to 15 kilometers for residents in extreme corona hotspots. With the contact restrictions on one household and one additional person, children to be cared for in NRW are not counted. This emerges from the new corona protection regulation published on Friday.
Counties and urban districts, in which the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants exceeds the 200 mark within seven days, could order additional protective measures in agreement with the State Ministry of Health. Concrete measures are not named. According to a ministry spokesman, this may also include the 15-kilometer rule, which the affected districts and urban districts would then have to regulate in their own decisions.
In contrast, the information from the federal government on the latest federal-state resolutions from Tuesday on the Internet: “In particularly extreme infection situations with an incidence of more than 200 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in one week, the states should move within 15 km be restricted around the place of residence, unless there is a valid reason. “
Regarding the contact restrictions, the NRW regulation states: In public spaces, the minimum distance of 1.5 meters should be undercut “when people from one household meet at most one person from another household who are accompanied by children to be looked after from their household can “. Access rights for children of divorce, care and education are also excluded from the restriction to one household and one additional person. Parties and similar celebrations are generally prohibited.
According to the Federal Government, private get-togethers should only be allowed in the group of members of the own household and with a maximum of one other person who does not live in the household. “This also applies to staying in public. This is what the joint decision of the federal and state governments provides,” says the intended rules in the area of public life. However, the corona protection ordinances of the individual federal states would always be binding.
The private room is not mentioned in the NRW Corona Protection Ordinance. In the state ordinance, employers are called upon to further expand opportunities to work from home. In addition, company canteens and cafeterias are mostly closed. A new corona care regulation will also apply in NRW from next Monday. Both of the state’s ordinances are limited to January 31.
“Together we will pass this test,” said NRW Health Minister Karl-Josef Laumann (CDU) in a statement on the new regulation on Friday. “The good news is that we have broken the exponential growth in infections and we still have capacity in our hospitals’ intensive care units.” Unfortunately, the truth also includes: “Despite the hardships of the last few weeks, we have not managed to reduce the number of infections so that we can lift the lockdown.” He thanked the citizens: “Thank you for your patience and great discipline.”
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