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Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) has rejected calls for a time-binding plan to relax the corona restrictions.
“Everyone wants a three- and six-month plan, but that's just not possible.
I think we shouldn't make any false promises, ”said the CDU politician on Sunday evening in the ARD program“ Report from Berlin ”.
“It makes sense to work together - that's the conversation with the countries - to define the stages from when the next step can be taken.
But the truth is: an incidence of less than 10, which is at least a long way off in most regions in Germany, ”said Spahn.
The incidence indicates the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week.
According to the report from the Robert Koch Institute on Sunday morning, it is 60.2 - with an upward trend.
First, in view of the increasing spread of virus mutations, Spahn wants to wait and see how the opening of further schools and daycare centers will affect this Monday.
“We have to watch that,” said Spahn and emphasized: “I too would like to say now what is in two or four weeks.
But I think it's more important not to make promises that you might not be able to keep. "
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As he said, Spahn wants to talk to the health ministers of the federal states on Monday about the required higher prioritization of primary school and daycare staff for vaccination.
She is his goal.
He expects the process to take up to a week.
The Prime Minister of the federal states and Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) issued a corresponding test order at their last meeting on February 10th.
The demand was also made from the federal states and from teachers' associations.
Müller announces the proposal "without the values 10 or 25"
The chairman of the Prime Minister's Conference, Berlin's Governing Mayor Michael Müller (SPD), meanwhile pleaded that the phased plan promised by the federal and state governments should not only be based on the number of new infections.
"The incidence value remains important, but an R-value well below 1 and a decreasing utilization of intensive care medicine will be important criteria for the next easing step," said Berlin's governing mayor of the "Stuttgarter Zeitung" and the "Stuttgarter Nachrichten" (Monday).
Müller announced “a proposal without the values 10 or 25” for the new week, as some have suggested.
Rather, his draft will focus on periods with infection rates below 35 or 50.
"If the federal states achieve these incidences stable over several weeks, further steps in culture and gastronomy can follow."
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In view of the increased number of cases at the weekend and the risk of virus mutations, he made it clear that the step-by-step plan was “not a one-way street in the direction of easing”.
The SPD politician said: "If necessary, we will have to adopt restrictions again if the numbers rise sharply again, as in other European countries."
The SPD chairman Norbert Walter-Borjans insisted on Sunday on the ZDF program “Berlin direkt” on a “legally secure” step-by-step plan that showed: “If that happens, there will be restrictions.
And if values are not reached, then I have the opportunity to relax again and return to a normal life. ”Merkel should“ provide orientation ”.
"It has to help determine a procedure how we proceed in the next steps."