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The
lockdown
to combat the corona pandemic will be
extended until January 31
due to the continued high number of infections
.
The federal and state governments agreed on this in their deliberations on Tuesday in Berlin, as can be seen from their decision paper.
The lockdown at
schools and daycare centers
will also be extended until the end of January.
People in counties with very high
numbers of
corona infections are faced with
drastic restrictions on their freedom of movement
.
From a 7-day incidence of over 200 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants, the federal states should take local measures to limit the radius of movement to 15 kilometers around the place of residence, unless there is a valid reason.
The FDP had already rejected the considerations in advance.
"There is no connection between movement and contagion," said FDP parliamentary group vice Michael Theurer on Tuesday the AFP news agency.
"50 kilometers in the car alone are not a risk of infection, five kilometers in a fully occupied subway," he pointed out.
There are also significant differences in the effects depending on where you live.
"The 15-kilometer restriction does not change anything for most citizens in a city like Hamburg or Berlin, it changes everything in rural areas," the FDP politician continued.
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The
contact restrictions
to combat the corona pandemic are being tightened.
In future, private get-togethers will only be permitted with members of the household and with a maximum of one other person who does not live in the household.
Parents
should
be allowed to take
sick
leave
for children twice as long this year
as usual.
Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and the prime ministers of the federal states agreed to increase the so-called
child sickness benefit
per parent from 10 to 20 days due to the corona pandemic.
Single parents can therefore receive it for 40 instead of 20 days.
The background to this is the care problems that many parents are having again this year because schools and daycare centers are closing or are only in limited operation.
The sick days regulation is therefore expressly intended not only for the case of a child's illness, but also for the case that they have to be looked after at home at school and daycare due to Corona restrictions.
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The number of childhood illness days had already increased last year.
Statutory health insurance usually pays child sickness benefit if parents cannot go to work because of the care of a sick child.
It amounts to 90 percent of net earnings.
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