Germany - Saxony State is considering sealing off communities with particularly high incidence of Corona - PM says: not for the next 2 weeks

[Gert van der Hoek]

December 16, 2020 -



According to BILD information, Dresden - Saxony is considering sealing off communities with particularly high incidence values ​​and rapidly increasing infection rates from the outside world.

The police would block all access roads and routes to the affected municipality; the residents are not allowed to leave the communes and no one is allowed in.

All companies and businesses in the affected areas must also close and cease work. The measures in Jessen (Saxony-Anhalt) in spring are a model.

As BILD learned from government circles, a list of the Saxon municipalities with the associated incidence values ​​was created in the Corona crisis team.

In addition, a complete curfew is to be issued. The residents are only allowed to go shopping during a predetermined time window and by the shortest route. One hour a day is discussed.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Corona in Germany: State apparently wants to seal off hotspot municipalities - complete curfew is to follow

What is the corona situation like before Christmas, when will the vaccine come? The death toll climbs to a new high. Saxony is particularly affected.

• Germany has a new negative record in the number of deaths due to Corona * .
• Saxony is apparently considering sealing off hotspot communities from the outside world (see update from December 16, 9.49 p.m.).
• Jens Spahn (CDU) counted in a PK with RKI * boss Wieler with approval before Christmas (update from December 15, 12:38 p.m.).

Update of 16 December, 21:49: Saxony is currently particularly hard by the coronavirus met. The 7-day incidence is to RKI specifications at at 407.1. Now Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer apparently wants to tighten the rules again. According to the Bild , the state is considering sealing off municipalities with particularly high incidence values.
The police would block the access roads in this case , the report said. Nobody is allowed to go into the affected communities and nobody is allowed to leave. In addition, a stricter curfew is to be issued. The inhabitants of the respective municipalities could then only during a specified time - leave the house window to go around the supermarket. This should also only be allowed on the shortest route. It continues to say that a time window of one hour a day is currently being discussed .
Accordingly, a list of municipalities in Saxony and their incidence values ​​is currently being drawn up.
Saxony's government spokesman Ralph Schreiber said of these reports at the request of the German Press Agency on Wednesday evening: “ The situation is tense and many people are very worried. There is currently no concrete decision for further measures. ”The state government has not decided anything that applies ad hoc and what overburdens the people. The crisis team is working flat out to contain the infection process. “This of
course also includes scenarios of what measures and options there are if we don't succeed in stopping the spread and the numbers continue to explode,” he said, without being specific.
Update from December 16, 9:12 p.m.: When can vaccinations against the coronavirus start in Germany ? For the first time, an appointment has now been announced. So you plan with December 27th as the start date. This date results from statements by Health Minister Jens Spahn about the expected approval and delivery of the vaccine from Biontech-Pfizer, informed the Berlin Senate Department for Health, Care and Equality on Wednesday.

 

[Okieman]

Germany's COVID hot spots: What drives the numbers?

Germany's eastern state of Saxony has gone into early lockdown over a surge in coronavirus infections. Speculation is rife as to why the sparsely populated border region with the Czech Republic is seeing such a spike.

The small town of Bautzen, tucked away in Germany's far southeastern corner, has recorded a dramatic 641 new coronavirus infections per 100,000 people over the last seven days, according to the Robert Koch Institute.

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[Gert van der Hoek]

Saxony's Prime Minister Kretschmer appeased: Nobody should worry that a community will be cordoned off because of high corona numbers. At least not for the next fortnight.

In Saxony, reports about the closure of places with high numbers of corona infections have caused confusion. On Wednesday, the Chemnitz "Freie Presse" and the "Bild" newspaper reported that such a plan was controversial in the state government, but that it was being considered.