The new infections with the Coronavirus decline nationwide, but a Bavarian town beyond, both the Federal as well as the Bavaria-wide upper limit.

, The German Anti- Coronavirus-Plan provides a certain ceiling for infections . If this time is exceeded, threaten selectively tightened measures. Some of the Federal States go your own way – now Bayern .
The state has three Hotspots , the tearing of the ceiling. The most important Sars-CoV-2-facts *, – wide, the Federal Corona News* and case numbers card* , and the Corona-protection-recommendations* .

Update from 25. May: After in the past few days, no district in Germany, the Corona upper limit exceeded, it was reported on Monday but, again, an outlier. The Landkreis Regensburg is now significantly above the limit. In the past seven days, the circle is reported> 72,1 new infections per 100,000 population </strong , according to the local Portal regensburg-digtial.de relying on data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI). An important role of a Virus outbreak in a home for asylum seekers.

The RKI data show a Focus-according to a report, moreover, that the circles recorded in Coburg and Lichtenfels, in the case of more than 35 new infections in the last seven days, – therefore problematic, because the Bavarian Cabinet has set the upper limit from 50 to 35 cases down. Once the limit is exceeded, a tightening of the measures.

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infections: All regions are below the upper limit – only Bayern rips warning threshold

Update 21. May : no Region more rips in Germany, the ceiling of 50 infections within seven days, per 100,000 inhabitants. The n-tv reported, citing the Robert-Koch-Institute (RKI) . Even in the previous Hotspots in Bavaria, Thuringia and North Rhine-Westphalia, the “Seven-days-incidence of sun” is below the “alarm threshold”.

However, Bayern still exceeds the “threshold”: Here are two counties and two cities currently on the state agreed-upon upper limit of 35 infections. the Regensburg is newly registered, it has added, after the RKI figures on a case-to increase, to 37.4 Neuinfizierte per 100,000 inhabitants.

+ Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU): In the free state, a stricter cap applies as nationwide.©Reuters / Michael Sohn

initial message, of 19. Ma i: Munich – The German state of Bayern* has been a significant tightening of the upper limit for Coronavirus infections* to 35 cases per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days in a city or County instead of the existing 50 . The state informed the office boss Florian Herrmann (CSU) in München.

“The Virus is not defeated, so there will be these local outbreaks again and again,” said Herrmann. This “early warning system” for Hotspots is in the current Phase of the pandemic is very important. On Twitter Herrmann said shortly afterwards: “From Pentecost holidays* is in Bavaria again possible, with clear rules of hygiene”, and “Bavaria Corona-strategy to act, we remain vigilant!”

Coronavirus-limit down new contact restrictions set – is that a threat?

With the new upper limit, then, the numbers* according to the new infections gradually be reduced, for example by the Detection of contact persons* quarantine of certain facilities or the closure of certain transactions, or – in the worst case – re-stricter contact restrictions* .

At the press conference after the Cabinet meeting it was said that the Infections in Bavaria to be stable – but there are Hotspots in the state: the district of Coburg (of 82.2 cases per 100,000 population) and the city of Straubing (54,4 cases). The causes are very clear, in Coburg, there was such a Series of tests in homes for the elderly. The infection had chains traceable, we could not meet local measures such as a ban on visitors in the old home.

The district of Straubing was then notified that the will not be loose, removed the Corona pads* back, and drew attention to a communication from the Ministry of health. Literally, it’s hot in it: “Further measures on a broad population level in the district and the city district seem to be in the current Situation, not commanded.” And further: Should the infection figures in the next few days and weeks of climbing, “must be adapted to the measures in effect”.

Markus Söder (CSU) to Coronavirus-emergency brake: “a Key Element”

For Bavaria’s Minister-President Markus Söder (CSU) was the Coronavirus-Neuinfektions ceiling, also known as “emergency brake” called, the most important point in the Exit Plan from Shutdown . It was a case of emergency, police, the show all, when again steps, had to be, had the CSU-head to the Bund-Länder-Unlock with German Chancellor Angela Merkel* (CDU) at 6. May explains. Chancellery Minister Helge Braun (CDU) was the Bild-Zeitung is that in the run-up anyway, for an upper limit of 35 new infections .

Söder continued: This is the “Central Element” of all the plans. Only in this way can regional pandemic plans “with more staff, more Tests, with more Containment on-site” in a timely manner be prevented, that the public life must be country wide download.

Coronavirus-ceiling: Angela Merkel, to urge France’s President Macron

Angela Merkel has been calling for a harmonisation of the rules for the control of the Corona-pandemic within the European Union, in order to allow the free travel back. You suggested on Monday after talks with French President Emmanuel Macron , to Orient itself to the German limit for new infections.

“So it must be in other countries, then you can rely well with each other”, stressed Merkel. “We must have the courage – the will to be now the Important out – not easy to come hell (.) to treat all regions equally“.

Angela Merkel and Macron are planning a German-French Initiative* for the economic recovery of Europe and had advised on Monday in a video switch about the project. In the debate about the price of products increases for meat in the Wake of the Corona-the crisis hits, a CSU-politician on the side of the Green.

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*Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.

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