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Düsseldorf (dpa) - North Rhine-Westphalia's Prime Minister Armin Laschet (CDU) has called for new concepts in the corona pandemic from January: "Society and economy will not last another year like this," Laschet told the Rheinische Post (Monday ).

From January onwards, “smart concepts should enable long-term prospects for living with the pandemic,” says the country manager: “With the approval of the vaccine, these concepts are also realistic.”

Laschet added to the “Rheinische Post”: “We cannot shut everything down forever, and the state pays billions in outages month after month.

A new model will be necessary from the new year.

Permanent closings and subsequent compensation payments destroy the state in the long run. "