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This is what a lockdown light could look like

Dhe Chancellery is apparently promoting a “lockdown light” to the prime ministers of the federal states, which could noticeably restrict public life in Germany. Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU), for whom the previous measures against the spread of the pandemic did not go far enough, could reach an agreement with the country leaders on Wednesday, the “Bild” newspaper reported on Tuesday. The main victims of such a limited lockdown would therefore be restaurants and pubs that should be closed; Events are largely banned. Unlike the lockdown in spring, schools and daycare centers should remain open, except in regions with very high numbers of infections.

“Today we know a little more about the virus,” said Merkel on Tuesday in Berlin, one day before new consultations with the Prime Minister Corona-Crisis. Protective measures today could be more targeted. But if the knowledge we have now gained about the virus does not lead to appropriate action, one can observe “that we then come back to situations that are extremely difficult,” said the Chancellor.

Tourism industry: lockdown would be a catastrophe

Merkel opposed the exclusion of sick people, people in need of care and people with disabilities from social life in the course of infection protection. Contact restrictions for people in hospitals, care facilities and hospices are very stressful. For them and the entire Federal Cabinet, such restrictions are difficult to bear, they should only be temporary.


Meanwhile, the tourism industry warned of the devastating consequences of a renewed lockdown. Even a “lockdown light” would be a disaster for the industry, said Michael Rabe from the Federal Association of the German Tourism Industry. “If restaurants were closed and events were banned, small and medium-sized companies in the tourism industry in particular would once again become victims of the pandemic policy for no reason. No one has yet presented reliable figures that our companies are among the pandemic drivers, or at least they are not publicly available. ”If there is a lockdown for health reasons, compensation payments are an absolute must for companies, Rabe added. “Otherwise the majority of them will not survive the Corona winter.”

On Wednesday, the Chancellor will discuss new measures with the federal states to limit the spread of the pandemic. She is hoping for specific resolutions. Due to the high number of new infections, exit restrictions and school and restaurant closings have already been imposed in the first Bavarian districts.

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