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Stuttgart (AP) - Baden-Württemberg's Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann has announced further talks between the federal government and the states about a hard lockdown at the beginning of the week.
"First of all, we all think about such things," said Kretschmann on Saturday evening in Stuttgart.
“We also have to discuss this with other countries in advance, with the Federal Chancellery.
We see, the numbers are literally racing up.
In the talks on Monday and Tuesday you have to “come to terms”.
The Green did not say whether the next conference of the Prime Ministers with Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU), which is actually only planned for April 12, should be brought forward.
Regarding the proposal by Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) to shut down social life properly for 10 to 14 days because of the rapidly increasing number of infections, Kretschmann said: "From a pandemic point of view, that would be best."
However, one must carefully weigh up whether it makes sense and is feasible to close everything.
Most recently, Kretschmann had stated that the British mutant is spreading “just so quickly that the number of infections doubles every ten days”.
Politicians have to react to this, otherwise the intensive care units will overflow in April.
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