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Union faction leader Ralph Brinkhaus (CDU) is calling for the lockdown to be extended beyond February 14 in view of the spread of new coronavirus variants.
"Better now for a little longer, somewhat tougher measures than out-in-out-in, which ultimately wears everyone down," said Brinkhaus to the editorial network Germany (RND).
Many lockdown measures would probably have to be extended again in essence.
"We have to get the numbers far down now," emphasized the CDU politician.
Due to the mutation of the virus, Germany must be very careful when easing the measures.
"What we have seen in the UK and Ireland, for example, is very worrying," said Brinkhaus.
At the same time, he announced that the errors in old people's homes during the Corona crisis would be processed.
“But where we have to do a very tough error analysis with us is in the area of old people's homes.
It is unacceptable that so many people died there of a Covid infection. ”In addition, the allocation of vaccination appointments for those over 80 was“ too often not well organized ”.
This has led to a lot of uncertainty.
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According to Brinkhaus, Germany is doing well in an international comparison with the current restrictions on freedom and interventions such as the closure of schools and shops.
“Many countries in Europe are still in lockdown measures - sometimes tougher than ours.
We are still well positioned in many areas. "
The federal and state governments decided on January 19 to extend the corona lockdown throughout Germany until February 14 and at the same time to tighten it in some areas.
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