NRW Prime Minister Laschet has in the daily topics pleaded for a tough lockdown before Christmas. At the same time, he defended the previous course of the federal and state governments in the corona pandemic.
North Rhine-Westphalia’s Prime Minister Armin Laschet has the corona strategy of the federal and state governments in the daily topics defended despite high numbers of new infections.
The strategy was developed “bit by bit”, always in cooperation with science. “We’re all sitting together, reacting to the situation.” It was hoped that the partial shutdown decided at the end of October would offer the prospect of a more relaxed Christmas party. “We see today: It didn’t work that way.” The numbers are too high.
Lockdown before Christmas
In Germany, now is the time to say: “We can’t wait any longer, we need a lockdown before Christmas,” said Laschet. Laschet describes the latest statement from the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina on Tuesday, in which it recommends a “hard” lockdown, as a turning point. They even want to react a little faster than suggested by the researchers who had suggested a lockdown after Christmas.
Bund-Länder consultations planned for Sunday
“We have to go down now so that the numbers for the millions of encounters around Christmas are at a lower level than today,” warned the NRW Prime Minister. Nobody can know whether the measures will end on January 10th. “It is up to all of us how we will behave in the coming weeks and months,” said Laschet.
According to information from ARD capital studios the federal-state consultations, at which a second lockdown could be decided, take place on Sunday morning.
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