Wednesday, December 1st, 2021
Further restrictions planned
The federal and state governments want to discuss this tomorrow
Tomorrow, Thursday, the federal and state governments will meet to decide on the measures to break the fourth wave of corona. In the draft resolution, which ntv has before, speaks of an “act of national solidarity”. Above all, the rights of the unvaccinated are further restricted.
The paper describes the following measures as nationwide uniform minimum standards. This means that the rules should also apply to districts and federal states that currently have low incidences:
- An extended one Federal-state crisis team should identify and resolve problems in logistics, vaccine delivery and distribution in the Chancellery.
- Everyone who decides to have a first vaccination or who needs a second or booster vaccination should be able to receive it by Christmas. The speech is there of up to 30 million vaccinations.
- It should be expanded who is allowed to vaccinate. In the future, doctors should also be able to delegate vaccinations at short notice to pharmacists or nursing staff, for example in old people’s homes. The group of authorized persons is to be permanently expanded to include dentists and pharmacists.
- the Validity of the vaccination status should be shortened, i.e. how long a fully vaccinated person is also considered vaccinated. The length is still unclear, so the federal and state governments want to agree on a duration by the end of the year.
- For Facilities and events for cultural and leisure activities (e.g. cinemas, theaters and restaurants), regardless of the incidence, only vaccinated and convalescent patients should be admitted (2G rule). If necessary, a negative corona test may also be required (2Gplus).
- For Unvaccinated people should have strict contact restrictions are valid. Private get-togethers in public or private spaces, in which unvaccinated or unconcealed persons take part, are to be restricted to one’s own household as well as to a maximum of two persons from another household. Children up to 14 years of age are exempt from the regulations, as are private gatherings in which only those who have been vaccinated and those who have recovered take part.
- Large events are limited. There should be no ghost games in the Bundesliga. An upper limit is planned, which is a maximum of 10,000 people. An agreement on the exact amount is still pending. Basically, however, the 2G rule should apply. A negative test may also be necessary here.
- Clubs and discos are to be closed in areas with a seven-day incidence above 350. Here, too, an agreement on the exact level of an incidence is still pending.
- In schools should Mask compulsory in all grade levels are valid.
- The countries should ensure strict controls. In particular, this applies to the control of the vaccination status, which should be carried out using apps if possible.
- One facility-related vaccination requirement for employees in geriatric care facilities and hospitals, for example, should be initiated by the federal government. Furthermore, the Bundestag should “promptly” based on group proposals on a general compulsory vaccination decide. It should then apply “as soon as it can be ensured that all those who want to be vaccinated can also be vaccinated promptly, ie from around February 2022”. The Ethics Council should develop a recommendation for this by the end of the year.
In addition, that should also German Infection Protection Act edited again. There is still no agreement on the exact measures. The transition period for protective measures that came into force before November 25th should continue to apply beyond December 15th. This would mean that some lockdowns would still be possible in regions with a particularly high incidence.