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Lüdenscheid / (dpa / lnw) - In other cities and districts in North Rhine-Westphalia, schools are closing before the Easter holidays due to persistently high levels of new infections.
For example, the Märkische Kreis - nationwide with 215.2 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within a week, the region with the highest incidence value - announced that, in coordination with the NRW Ministry of Health, all pupils, with the exception of the final classes, should take distance lessons from Wednesday.
Parents of daycare children are free to choose whether to bring children to the facilities.
The district of Minden-Lübbecke (incidence of 161.4) also announced that it would ban face-to-face teaching at secondary schools, except in final classes, from Wednesday.
In the past few days it has been shown in particular that the number of infections in schools has increased significantly, it was said to justify.
The restrictions are coordinated with the country.
Last week, the Düren district was the first in North Rhine-Westphalia to take advantage of the option of closing the opening of schools as a last resort in combating pandemics.
Other places with a high incidence, such as Wuppertal, followed.
This was preceded by a dispute between several cities over the reopening of the schools.
The applications of the cities of Dortmund and Duisburg to close schools were rejected, also because the state government did not believe that sufficient other measures to contain the pandemic had been taken there.
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Both the Märkische Kreis and the Minden-Lübbecke district announced further measures.
For example, hairdresser visitors in the Märkischer Kreis should have to present a negative quick test from Saturday, in Minden-Lübbecke there will be a night exit restriction from Wednesday as well as a further reduction in the number of participants in possible church services.
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Announcement Märkischer Kreis
Communication from Minden-Lübbecke