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Berlin's Governing Mayor Michael Müller (SPD) has spoken out in favor of cautious easing despite the ongoing pandemic.
The chairman of the Prime Minister's Conference told the “Tagesspiegel” (Saturday) published in Berlin that “we cannot live permanently in lockdown”.
A “No Covid” strategy, as suggested by some scientists, is the right goal from a health perspective.
“But that cannot be the only yardstick for us, because it is only achievable in the long term and is very difficult.” According to Müller, this could have “fatal consequences” in the areas of social affairs, education and business.
Müller added that he too wanted to "achieve the incidence of ten".
The question is: "Do I want to achieve this in complete lockdown or try to make a few things possible on the way there." "I see myself more on the second path," said the ruler.
Meanwhile, scientists believe the third wave of the corona pandemic will be strong.
According to calculations by the Saarbrücken pharmacy professor Thorsten Lehr, it will be as strong as the second.
"I am already assuming that we will get the same conditions as we did before Christmas," said the expert for corona forecasts from the German Press Agency in Saarbrücken.
He reckoned that seven-day incidences of around 200 could be reached again in the first half of April.
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