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Before the federal and state consultations on how to proceed in the Corona crisis, longer restrictions are becoming apparent until February.
In addition, there could be additional requirements for better protective masks, for example in buses, trains and shops.
As Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) said on Monday, 34 million people from corona risk groups can now get FFP2 masks financed by the federal government.
There is also a growing focus on working from home more widely.
Laboratory analyzes and evaluations of new, probably more contagious virus variants are to be intensified.
Spahn said in Berlin: "It is better if we can now bring the numbers down significantly for the next two, three, maybe four weeks together, reduce contacts." The number of infections and the utilization of intensive care units seem to have declined in the last few days give.
But you have to be careful.
“We were already on the way down a few weeks ago, and then the next wave built up again.” Therefore, this should not be taken as a sign of easing.
“I see this as an encouragement to continue more specifically and consistently.” The goal remains to be able to understand and break infection chains again.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and the prime ministers want to discuss again this Tuesday - the recently tightened lockdown is initially planned until the end of January.
Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) said on Sunday evening in the “Bild” talk: “I assume that it can be 14 days that will come again.”
The SPD bosses Norbert Walter-Borjans and Saskia Esken said on Monday: "It is less about tightening through additional measures than tightening through more consistent application." Currently, 15 percent of employees work in the home office.
“We had 27 percent in the first wave.
So you can see that a lot more is possible, ”said Esken.
If this is not possible, you have to test at least weekly and wear masks at work.
Spahn: "More infection means more seriously ill people"
Spahn also referred to new virus variants that are likely to spread more easily.
The fact that many more people may be infected much more quickly means that more people may come to the clinics.
“More infection then means more seriously and critically ill people.” This is another reason why contact reduction is necessary.
In the future, positive corona tests are to be examined more intensively and systematically for the exact virus type.
Laboratories that carry out such “sequencing” are to be obliged by a new regulation from this Tuesday to transmit the data to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI).
You will then receive 220 euros per data transfer as a fee.
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Various measures were discussed prior to the federal-state meeting.
Bremen's head of government Andreas Bovenschulte (SPD) said in the ARD: “We should get a regulation that home office must be offered wherever it is possible.” He could also do a lot with the idea of using FFP2 masks more in public spaces to win.
Spahn said that even surgical masks, which cost cents, provided more protection than everyday masks made of fabric.
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In the case of the FFP2 masks financed by the federal government, those entitled should now receive vouchers for twelve FFP2 masks from the cash registers.
A personal contribution of two euros is planned for each six masks.
Federal Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier told the "Rheinische Post": "There is a selection of possibilities on the table." He mentioned not only an FFP2 mask requirement in rail traffic (possibly also surgical masks) and possible night curfews, but also a home office obligation and significantly stronger ones Contact restrictions.
Nationwide, the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in seven days is now 134, as the RKI announced on Monday morning.
The high was on December 22nd at 197.6.
The number fluctuated after that and has been falling again for a few days.
The differences between the countries are enormous: Thuringia has the highest level with 274, the lowest in Bremen with 87. Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier campaigned for understanding in view of possible further measures.
"Everyone in Germany needs to know that the restrictions I now have are helping to ensure that the intensive care units in the hospitals are not further overloaded."
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Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder also called for a uniform approach in Europe in the “FAZ”.
"The best thing would be a uniform European strategy in combating corona.
If this does not continue to work, border controls would make sense, ”he said.
Söder sees the regulations in Bavaria as a kind of blueprint for federal regulations.
Regarding Pfizer's delivery bottlenecks, Spahn said this was "unfortunate".
It affects all deliveries that did not go to the USA.
It is important for everyone to be able to plan.
He welcomed the aim of the renovation work in order to increase capacity, but was not pleased with the short-term nature in which this was communicated.
He calls on Pfizer to keep promised deliveries.
The quantities for Monday and Tuesday will be delivered.
Possible reductions would affect the next one to two weeks, so Spahn.
Lauterbach for hard lockdown
SPD health politician Karl
Lauterbach
spoke out in favor of a tough three-week lockdown.
The growth of the mutation must absolutely be prevented, he wrote on Twitter early Monday morning.
Otherwise the mutation will spread “faster than we can vaccinate”.
In his view, curfews from 8 p.m. are justifiable for three weeks.
In local public transport, he advocates upper limits for passengers and an FFP2 mask requirement.
There is still a lot to be agreed before the federal-state switch.
On Monday evening, the prime ministers receive information from leading scientists about new findings.
On the question of why the federal-state consultation was set up at such short notice and why the situation is so urgent, Hesse's Prime Minister Volker Bouffier (CDU) said at “Anne Will”: “What we cannot even assess is the British virus.
That's why we're meeting now. ”This time, scientists from Great Britain will also be there.
"It will be about: What findings do you have?" In Great Britain, a more contagious mutation of the coronavirus has spread widely, which has now also been detected in Germany.