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Tübingen's Lord Mayor Boris Palmer (Greens) is pulling the cord again because of the large influx of foreign guests to his city: People who do not live in the Tübingen district or work in the city of Tübingen will no longer receive day tickets from Thursday (April 1) the test stations.

The regulation only applies until Easter Monday.

Originally, the Easter regulation of the model project "Opening with Safety" was supposed to apply from Good Friday.

"There are just too many people coming into town from out of town at the moment," Palmer said on Wednesday.

As a result, the model experiment loses its informative value.

The experiment is aimed primarily at the residents of the city and the district of Tübingen.

“With the model test, we want to show the effects of frequent testing.

Too many foreign guests destroy the Tübingen infection process and with it the attempt, "said Palmer.

He asked for understanding.

"I would ask everyone who comes from other districts, who have to travel long distances and may never have been to Tübingen before, to postpone their visit to the summer."

No exceptions for relatives or friends

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Palmer described the scheme as "very simple".

“Anyone who regularly moves around the city can get a day ticket over the Easter holidays.

These are people who live or work here.

Those who are only visiting are not part of it and do not get a ticket.

This also applies to relatives, acquaintances and friends. ”Any exception would open the door and gate, so that is not even started.

Since March 16, people in Tübingen have been able to have themselves tested free of charge at several stations, with the certificate of the result they can then go to shops, the hairdresser or even in theaters and museums.

The country has not yet decided whether the pilot project will actually continue after Easter.

SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach advocates stopping these attempts.

“You are giving the wrong signal,” wrote Lauterbach on Twitter on Tuesday.

The Tübingen project shows that unsystematic testing with opening strategies will not stop the heavy third corona wave.

“Testing instead of lockdown” is wishful thinking, just like “losing weight by eating”. ”Instead, he pleaded for an exit restriction and the“ emergency brake ”.

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Palmer had admitted on Monday evening that the number of corona cases in the model municipality of Tübingen had risen sharply.

In the city of Tübingen, the seven-day incidence climbed to 66.7 by Sunday, according to Palmer.

The seven-day incidence in the Tübingen district was most recently 110.2.

However, the increase is about as high as where closings are being worked, the OB had said.

The increase doesn't worry him.

The seven-day incidence is “still cheap” in a national comparison, he told the SWR.

Nationwide, the incidence was 125.7.

Palmer said that many would like the project to fail.

There is also a three-digit number of death threats.