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Berlin (dpa) - Federal Finance Minister and SPD chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz has warned of a wave of travelers at Easter in view of the corona infection.
«From my point of view, there shouldn't be a big wave of travel at Easter.
We simply cannot afford that in the current infection situation, ”said Scholz of“ Bild am Sonntag ”.
If many people go on Easter vacation on a grand scale, "that endangers the summer vacation of all of us".
Scholz also rejects a general, nationwide opening of outdoor restaurants at Easter.
However, family visits over the holidays should be possible.
"We made that possible for Christmas, it should be back at Easter," Scholz told the newspaper.
For this you should use the possibility of rapid tests.
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On Monday, Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and the prime ministers of the federal states want to discuss how to proceed in the corona pandemic.
Scholz warned the prime ministers to pull the last agreed emergency brake if this was necessary.
"It must stop high-ranking politicians losing their nerve under pressure and frantically making announcements that have nothing to do with the resolutions that have just been agreed," said the SPD candidate for chancellor.
The “emergency brake” agreed by the federal and state governments stipulates that openings should be withdrawn if the seven-day incidence in a region or state rises to over 100 on three consecutive days.
Scholz also warned against dubious behavior, whereby his criticism seemed to apply to Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU).
“In these times in particular, it is important to think through political projects intelligently and to calculate them seriously.
This includes not just tweeting when there will be free corona tests for everyone and then rowing back again because nothing has been prepared.
That's how you gamble away trust, ”Scholz told the newspaper.
He did not mention Spahn's name.
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