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Two days before new federal-state talks, Thuringia's Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow (left) pleaded for an extension of the lockdown by three weeks.
Like Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU), Ramelow spoke out on Sunday after a meeting of the Thuringian cabinet for maintaining - and probably even tightening - the corona restrictions in Thuringia until the end of January.
The cabinet had agreed on this beforehand.
Ramelow justified the planned procedure with the fact that Thuringia currently has the highest corona infection values nationwide after Saxony.
The Thuringians would have to "grit their teeth in January".
Restricted regular operation of schools and kindergartens is not planned again until February 1st.
“Face-to-face lessons are not yet possible in January.” The pupils in final classes could make an exception if they and their teachers tested negative for the corona virus.
He also suggested to the cabinet, following the example of Saxony, that people in the Free State should limit their range of motion to 15 kilometers around their place of residence, according to the left-wing politician.
That would apply to trips, for example.
The head of government reacted to the rush that there was at the weekend on the winter sports areas in the Thuringian Forest, where, contrary to the contact restrictions, people from different parts of the country and from Franconia met.
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