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Schwelm (dpa / lnw) - NRW Prime Minister Armin Laschet has defended his heavily controversial move for a "bridge lockdown".
"Everyone should now get together again quickly, hard and clearly," said the CDU party leader on Wednesday when visiting a drive-in vaccination center in Schwelm in the Ennepe-Ruhr district.
His proposal for a "bridge lockdown" in the fight against the third corona wave is on the table.
For this he had received a lot of rejection, especially from the SPD, Laschet regretted and asked: "What are your ideas?"
Laschet: "Crucial phase of the pandemic"
"It is the decisive phase of the pandemic," emphasized the CDU politician.
Innovative ideas such as the temporary drive-in idea in Schwelm are needed to accelerate immunization.
The new vaccination options in general practitioners' practices "help us a lot".
But: "Also be careful on the last few meters that we have to walk" is necessary.
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Therefore, he advocates a "bridge lockdown".
Laschet wants to bridge the time until many people are vaccinated.
The advance had earned him criticism and ridicule.
"Click and Meet" possible for theater and shopping
When asked by journalists why the country was not more consistent with the emergency brake in regions with a high weekly incidence of more than 100 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants, Laschet said: "The emergency brake applies."
However, they rely on making theater visits or shopping in the "Click and Meet" mode possible in conjunction with corona tests.
© dpa-infocom