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The SPD, Greens and CDU in the Hamburg citizenship have welcomed the Corona emergency brake resolved by the Bundestag.

The left-wing parliamentary group also advocated a uniform nationwide approach in the debate on the latest containment ordinance of the red-green Senate on Wednesday, but rejected exit restrictions.

The AfD used the debate again to criticize the corona measures in general and called for an end to the lockdown.

Mayor Peter Tschentscher (SPD) had already announced on Tuesday that the red-green Senate wanted to implement the new Infection Protection Act, but would maintain stricter Hamburg rules. Among other things, the nocturnal exit restriction that has been in force in the city since Good Friday starts at 9 p.m., while the law passed by the Bundestag does not start until 10 p.m. Even so-called “Click & Meet” shopping should not be possible in Hamburg with an incidence of over 100.

Nevertheless, the federal emergency brake is necessary “if we look at the patchwork quilt and the incidences that are rushing away from it in some cities and federal states,” said the social policy spokeswoman for the SPD, Ksenija Bekeris.

However, the teacher was critical of the lowering of the incidence value for school closings in the new law.

As a teacher, she knows how important it is to keep schools open.

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"We will not sit back and relax when extensive competencies go to the federal government," said Green Party leader Jenny Jasberg.

The aim remains to further reduce the incidence so that the lockdown can be ended and far-reaching restrictions on fundamental rights can be lifted as quickly as possible.

"The restrictions still in force are necessary to save human lives, and they are sorely needed to stop the virus from spreading," said CDU parliamentary deputy Anke Frieling.

But you already perceive a better mood in the city.

Meanwhile everyone knows someone who has already been vaccinated.

"And of course that summer comes also helps."

If the number of intensive care patients reaches new highs, "then unfortunately it is also the result of failed crisis management by the federal and state governments," said the health expert of the left, Deniz Celik.

Therefore, the Left welcomes a nationwide approach, even if one rejects exit restrictions.

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He pointed out that, according to the RKI, the risk of infection in poorer regions is up to 70 percent higher than in affluent regions.

That is why he called it “a scandal” that the Senate was only now reacting to the high numbers of infections in Harburg, Billstedt and Wilhelmsburg with an information and education campaign.

A motion by his group to set up decentralized vaccination centers in these districts did not find a majority.

"We have known for a long time that the living conditions in the different parts of the city are different," said Social Senator Melanie Leonhard (SPD).

One of the main reasons for infection is the living and working conditions, which, however, do not necessarily have anything to do with the place of residence.

In the vaccination campaign, Hamburg therefore relies on the prioritization of groups in particular need of protection made by the permanent vaccination commission.

And the infection numbers showed success.

“It's getting better every day.

And that's a good thing and should give us hope, ”she said.

AfD calls restrictions "scandalous harassment"

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The AfD MP Thomas Reich spoke of a "scandalous harassment" in view of the current restrictions.

Curfews its disproportionate and unconstitutional.

Anna von Treuenfels-Frowein, an individual member of the FDP, also called exit restrictions “unreasonable and irresponsible”.

She urged the red-green Senate: "Stop playing the role of the merciless governess towards the citizen."