The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, and the regional powers have agreed on Wednesday to

close bars and restaurants in November, as well as leisure, cultural offerings and amateur sports

in closed spaces, although they will keep the activity open, as long as possible. school and commerce.

Likewise,

social contacts

and meetings between people who do not live together

should be

limited to a minimum

, announced the head of the Government, according to Efe.

Merkel said that the restrictions will come into force on November 2 with the aim of "avoiding a national health emergency", given the advance of the pandemic.

"They are tough measures,"

the foreign minister acknowledged to journalists, but assured that the authorities will adapt the restrictions in two weeks if necessary.

"We have to act and we have to act now to avoid a national health emergency," he said, Reuters reports.

"The objective is to interrupt the dynamics of the infection quickly so as not to reach the limits of personal contact and economic activity that we need for the Christmas period," he specified.

"The number of new infections has doubled in a week," said Merkel, according to which the high number of new infections and the exponential increase in cases implies that their tracking cannot be conveniently followed.

In this sense, it has admitted that it is not currently possible to know

the origin of 75% of the new contacts that are detected

.

Merkel has pointed out that

admissions to intensive care units have doubled in the last 10 days

and that while the health system has the capacity to address the current patient numbers, "if this rate continues, in the coming weeks we will reach the limit of capacity".

In a new effort to try to stop the second wave of the coronavirus, the chancellor and the presidents of the Länder have agreed to new restrictions.

The purpose of the Executive is what in German media has been called "breaking the wave" (of new infections) to avoid school closings, in addition to keeping business life on track.

It will, therefore, be

a lighter closure

than the one decreed between March and April, in which commercial and school life was deactivated.

The new measures will last four weeks to allow the reopening and family gatherings at Christmas.

Avoid tourist trips

Meetings can only be of a maximum of 10 people from two different households.

It is also recommended to avoid all non-essential travel, not even within the country, or family visits.

National tourist trips are strictly prohibited.

The agreement, according to Efe, foresees to compensate the companies affected by the losses derived from the closing, estimating that volume with respect to the invoiced the previous year, for which a special item of 10,000 million euros is foreseen.

Merkel's meeting with regional leaders took place 15 days after the last meeting, in which hardly any vague agreement was reached.

In Germany, it is up to the regional powers to implement what has been agreed, according to their criteria.

The conference, in virtual format, this Wednesday, has been held under the impact of the increasing numbers of new infections.

This Wednesday a

new daily maximum of almost 15,000 new positives

of covid-19 was registered, a figure that a month ago seemed unthinkable in a country where the first wave was better controlled than in other European partners.

The consensus has been reached despite the initial resistance of the "Länder" with the lowest incidence of infections, those located in the east of the country.

There were also differences between the most affected regions, since Bavaria (south) demanded strong actions.

The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) of virology reported 14,964 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, which represents a new maximum since the beginning of the pandemic, reports Efe.

Since then, 463,157 cases of coronavirus have been verified in the country, with a total of 10,284 fatalities and 326,707 patients who have overcome the disease.

The average incidence of the country in seven days and 100,000 inhabitants is 99.1 infections

.

After 50, you enter a risk zone, according to the RKI criteria.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

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