Thursday, January 06, 2022
Resolution proposal for MPK
That should be decided at the Corona summit
In a first draft resolution for the federal-state meeting on Friday, possible agreements for the fight against the corona pandemic are listed. The contact restrictions for private meetings are to remain in place, innovations are planned for access to the catering trade.
When the federal and state governments meet for the Corona summit, the spread of the Omikron variant will be the focus of the deliberations. Politicians discussed a possible reduction in quarantine and isolation times in advance, in order to prevent overloading of the critical infrastructure. An initial draft resolution for tomorrow’s Prime Minister’s Conference with Chancellor Olaf Scholz is on ntv.de.
The paper states that the “measures to reduce contacts and the large number of booster vaccinations” contributed to the fact that Omikron did not spread as quickly in Germany as in other countries. However, reference is also made to the Federal Government’s Expert Council, which assumes a significant increase in the incidence and a high burden on hospitals.
The following possible agreements are listed in the paper:
- Since Omikron is very easily transmitted from person to person, “shopping in shops and when using local and long-distance public transport” becomes that Wearing an FFP2 mask “strongly recommended”.
- Furthermore, it is important to “significantly reduce contacts even at private get-togethers”. Therefore, the rule remains that private meetings of vaccinated and convalescents with a maximum of 10 people are allowed to exist.
- It also remains that “the Access to cultural and recreational facilities and events“, such as cinemas and theaters as well as access to retail “Incidence-independent only for vaccinated and convalescents” possible is. In retail there is an exception to the 2G rule for everyday shops. Exceptions also apply to people “who cannot be vaccinated and to people for whom there is no general vaccination recommendation”. Exceptions are also possible for children and young people.
- The following rule would be new: In addition, the “nationwide and incidence-independent” is expected to start on January 15 Access to gastronomy“, such as restaurants and cafes, “For vaccinated and convalescent people only with a daily test or with proof of a booster vaccination” possible from the day of the booster vaccination being. The date of January 15 is in square brackets in the resolution proposal – there is still no agreement on this.