Wednesday November 24th 2021
“It’s about a clear policy”
Scholz announces a permanent Corona crisis team in the Chancellery
Olaf Scholz has presented new corona measures. This includes the establishment of a permanent federal-state crisis team. It should be ready to go before the change of government. In addition, nursing staff should receive another bonus. The future traffic light provides one billion euros for this. There should be compulsory vaccination for facilities with risk groups.
The likely future Chancellor Olaf Scholz of the SPD has announced the establishment of a permanent federal-state crisis team in the Chancellery to fight the dramatic developments in the Corona crisis. The new federal government will initiate the establishment of such a crisis team, said Scholz at the presentation of the coalition agreement between the SPD, the Greens and the FDP in Berlin. This should be ready to go before the new government is in office. Nursing staff should get a new bonus because of the particular stresses and strains of the Corona crisis. The future traffic light coalition partners have agreed to provide one billion euros for this, said Scholz.
He also spoke out in favor of compulsory vaccination in certain facilities with risk groups. “Vaccination is the way out of this pandemic.” Scholz went on to say: “In facilities in which particularly vulnerable groups are cared for, we should make vaccination compulsory. An expansion of this regulation remains to be examined.” Scholz said that the crisis team would continuously assess and monitor the situation and examine the implementation of the measures decided last week by the Bund-Länder-Round together with the Executive Chancellor Angela Merkel. Vaccination against the corona virus is now practically mandatory for soldiers. The Ministry of Defense made vaccination compulsory for the more than 180,000 men and women in the Bundeswehr, said a spokesman for the ministry.
In addition, a group of experts will be set up in the Chancellery to assess the corona situation on a daily basis and report to the government. These would include virologists, epidemiologists, sociologists and psychologists, as well as other professionals.
Change with scientific support desired
“We need this scientific expertise in order to come to intelligent findings.” The planned government wants to have precisely discussed proposals and to know exactly how the situation is developing in individual areas. “Clear, orderly action is required here.” It is a matter of closely monitoring the situation, checking the effectiveness of measures and, if necessary, developing further steps, said Scholz. “Together we have it in our hands to break this terrible fourth wave. The new federal government will do everything necessary to get our country through this time.”
The corona rules that came into force on Wednesday, for example on 3G at work and in public transport, went beyond what was previously possible in Germany. “Now it is a question of a clear, decisive policy,” said Scholz.
FDP chairman Christian Lindner said that future crisis management would be optimized, “but it will not be less consistent in order to avert damage to this country”. Scholz promised that the new federal government would also massively advance the vaccination campaign and clearly show the capacities of the vaccination centers. Mobile teams should be on the move in cities and regions, doctors and pharmacists should be more involved.