Are in “end phase of the pandemic”
FDP wants to lift isolation requirements nationwide
11/19/2022, 1:05 p.m
Four federal states are showing the way: If you have a corona infection, you no longer have to stay at home. The FDP now wants to extend this regulation to the federal level. A spokesman says that the checks by the authorities no longer worked anyway, and received encouragement from several quarters.
The FDP has spoken out in favor of a nationwide end to the obligation to isolate people infected with the corona virus. A discussion should be initiated about this, said the health policy spokesman for the FDP parliamentary group, Andrew Ullmann, on Deutschlandfunk. Various indicators indicated that Germany is now in the final phase of the pandemic.
Ullmann referred to the advances in vaccines and drugs against Covid-19; the numbers of serious illnesses in the clinics are also very low. That is why Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Schleswig-Holstein would have done the right thing by ending the obligation to isolate. The inspection by the authorities no longer worked anyway, said the FDP politician, who is also an infectiologist. In addition to the three federal states, Hesse also wants to end the isolation requirement. Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach from the SPD had criticized the lifting of the obligation to isolate and referred to the necessary protection of vulnerable groups.
Avoid “patchwork”.
The German Association of Towns and Municipalities warned of a “patchwork” and called for nationwide uniform corona regulations. Managing Director Gerd Landsberg told the “Rheinische Post” on Saturday: “Citizens must be clearly informed which regulations apply in which areas.” He called on the federal and state governments to agree on possible easing and existing rules.
The President of the German District Association, Reinhard Sager, welcomed the easing in several federal states. “We support the countries with regard to the end of the isolation requirement and relaxation of the mask requirement,” said Sager of the “Rheinische Post”. “In the current situation, it seems responsible to come to a relief, especially since good experiences have already been made in numerous other European countries.”