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The lockdown to contain the corona pandemic is taking longer than previously planned.
According to information from the German Press Agency, the Berlin Senate agreed on Wednesday to extend it to mid-February, but the formal decision was still pending.
The CSU had previously appealed to the federal states to implement the federal-state resolutions uniformly this time by mid-February.
“It can't be the same as last time, so that everyone does theirs afterwards,” said General Secretary Markus Blume on Wednesday in Berlin.
He appealed to the federal states "on the day after the Prime Minister's Conference not to forget everything that was agreed there".
Because of the mutation that occurred in Great Britain, among other places, one should not let up now with the efforts in the fight against Corona.
The federal and state governments extended the lockdown to mid-February on Tuesday evening out of concern about the virus mutation.
Schools and daycare centers should also remain closed for this long.
But there were indications that the countries are implementing this controversial decision differently.
At the same time, there were additional restrictions: FFP2 masks or surgical masks must be worn on buses and trains as well as when shopping.
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The Association of German Transport Companies (VDV) would also be open to a "duty of confidentiality" in local public transport in order to further combat the pandemic in Germany.
"We would support that very strongly," said association president Ingo Wortmann on Deutschlandfunk.
He was in favor of a telephone ban, he added.
Because there are passengers who pull down the mouth and nose protection in vehicles and subway stations to make calls.
There is already a ban on telephoning in local public transport in Spain; in the Balearic Islands the regional government has recommended not to speak in public transport.
Wortmann admitted that the measure against the spread of aerosols would be helpful, but “difficult to control”.
He would rely on the common sense of people not to use the phone to protect others.
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