News video: Angela Merkel on the extension of the corona measures

In view of the persistently high number of corona infections, the federal and state governments tighten the course in the pandemic in December, with the exception of Christmas.

Angela Merkel has announced what the Corona timetable for the next few weeks will look like: The measures of October 28th will be continued, initially until December 20th. The mouth and nose protection, the obligation to wear mouth and nose protection, is once again intensified very strongly, all places open to the public in the inner cities, business premises and workplaces. Universities and universities are switching to digital teaching, with certain exceptions in the laboratory, in the company and the like. And we again reduce the contacts to five people with two households, with the exception of children under 14.

Compliance with the AHA rule

Merkel continues: "" e usually say that everything should be done to ensure that the AHA rules can be adhered to, that is, distance, mask and also … One thing I am missing especially after all the hours. Hygiene rules, yes, exactly. "" We agree in our assessment of how the measures have had an impact. The exponential increase in infected numbers is broken. The steeply rising curve has become a flat course. But that is only a partial success. "