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Berlin (dpa) - Thuringia's Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow has spoken out in drastic words against demands for easing of the corona pandemic.
"We just have to face the fact that the virus is only now beginning to really pick up speed," said the left-wing politician on Sunday evening in the ZDF "heute journal".
«I notice that my hut is on fire in Thuringia.
Today is a bad day for me.
Because today we have exceeded the 300 incidence in all of Thuringia, and all rural districts and urban districts have exceeded the 200.
There is no more room for relaxation and the debate from relaxation to relaxation. "
His appeal to the Thuringian economy is to refrain from doing anything that is not necessary at the moment.
In April, the state parliament in Thuringia is actually to be re-elected. According to Ramelow, the parties will negotiate in the coming week. “And I don't want to anticipate that. But one thing is clear: we also have 30,000 election workers whom we also have to protect. And to this extent, everyone involved has to think about it: If there is no movement in January or February, then we will have to help decide that too.