Coronavirus – Bavaria: General lockdown for outbreaks – Dramatic situation in hospitals

The decision to proceed with a general lockdown in areas particularly affected by the coronavirus, “de facto lockdown for the unvaccinated” and extensive restrictions throughout the state is being made by the Bavaria from the middle of next week and for three weeks.

Bars and clubs are closed while open-air Christmas markets are canceled.

“We are blocking, slowing down, strengthening,” is the slogan of the day, Bavarian Prime Minister Marcus Zeder said recently, justifying the government’s decisions by referring to the dramatic situation in the region’s hospitals and the extremely low vaccination rate.

Making special reference to the areas of Bavaria that are considered outbreaks of coronavirus, Mr. Zender announced “hard emergency brake”.

Only kindergartens and schools, retail (at the condition of one customer per 20 sq.m.), nursing homes and rehabilitation centers will continue their operation with diagnostic tests. “In these areas, restaurants, sports and cultural facilities will remain closed, while meetings of up to five people from up to two households will be allowed, excluding children under 12 years old. “These measures affect the entire Alpine region,” he explained, according to the Athenian News Agency.

As for the rest of the state, from now on sporting and cultural events will only be allowed on a much smaller scale, with only 25% of the maximum capacity and the 2G + Rule (access only to vaccinated and recovering people, who will have additionally undergone a diagnostic test). The curfew returns from 22:00 and all clubs and bars, except for the Christmas markets, close immediately.

Coronavirus hospital

Worse and semicircular is the fourth wave of the coronavirus that affects the country

The fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic that affects the country is worse and more semicircular. As a result, its impact is very serious and the beds in the Intensive Care Units are occupied one after the other. “One thing is clear: the risk and challenge for Bavaria comes from the vaccination gap,” Zender said, adding that 90% of ICU patients are unvaccinated.

The Prime Minister of Bavaria clarified that his government intends to impose all legal margins and impose as extensive restrictions as possible and noted that a general lockdown – and for vaccinated – is in his opinion legally difficult and possibly unconstitutional. On this occasion, Mr. Zender once again criticized the parties of the possible new coalition (SPD, Greens, FDP) for the decision not to renew the status of “epidemiological situation of national scope”, which allows more immediate and stricter measures. and expires on November 25.

In Bavaria, the rate of new cases per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days reached 625.3 today, the highest in the whole country, while the rate of hospital admissions exceeded the limit of 9 and is at 9.15.

You may also like