Corona rules: The federal and state governments agree
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After a long dispute, there is now agreement: On Wednesday, the federal and state governments initially agreed on a common basic strategy for the corona pandemic.
In addition to the nationwide continuation of the minimum distance, increased hygiene measures and the wearing of mouth and nose covers, the compromise sets a further ban on major events - with conceivable exceptions. According to the Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, Armin Laschet, they have to be decided on a case-by-case basis.
Concerts yes, big parties no
The CDU vice said on Wednesday after the meeting of the state heads of government with Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU): "What will certainly not work in the foreseeable future are big parties, Ischgl events or something similar, where alcohol and tightness are connected."
But for example concert events where you know who is taking part, what the distance between each other is - "You will be able to think about that. And that is up to each health department to assess if the concepts are such that you can approve something like this," argued the applicant for the CDU chairmanship.
The Rhineland-Palatinate Prime Minister Malu Dreyer (SPD) said with a view to the ban on events, the end of October should be taken stock and reconsidered.
The main decisions
- The federal and state governments are sticking to the previous rules on minimum distance and hygiene measures for the time being: 1.5 meters distance, increased hygiene, masks in certain public areas, contact restrictions.
- In the event of a higher incidence of infection, further contact restrictions can be issued.
- The federal states are striving to return to regular school operations after the summer holidays at the latest and to the fullest possible regular operation of childcare services as soon as possible.
- Large events such as folk and street festivals or fair events will remain prohibited until at least the end of October. This applies to events at which contact tracking and compliance with hygiene rules are not possible.
- The capacities for targeted tests, especially in facilities with particularly vulnerable groups of people, are to be expanded.
Criticism of school regulations
The passage on schools in particular received criticism. With a view to the planned regular operation, several teachers' associations fear a considerable shortage of staff at schools due to risk groups in the teaching staff, as the "Welt" writes (Thursday, June 18). The German Teachers' Association and the Association of Education and Upbringing estimated the possible absences in the next school year at around 10 percent, while the GEW and the Primary School Association are even assuming 20 percent.
The Association of Towns and Municipalities has other concerns. "The number of pupils and the available space in the schools make it very difficult to adhere to the hygiene and distance regulations," said chief executive Gerd Landsberg of the "Passauer Neue Presse" (Thursday).
The education ministers of the federal states, who are responsible for education, are holding a video conference this Thursday to discuss the return to full school operations after the summer vacation. You had made it clear several times that the distance rule should also fall after the summer holidays at the schools. In the final document after the negotiations with the Chancellor, a corresponding passage no longer appeared on Wednesday. (caf / dpa)
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