NRW is tightening the Corona rules: clubs and bars should close again, the occupancy rate at football stadiums should decrease. Ghost games in front of empty football stadiums are not planned.
- North Rhine-Westphalia had announced that it wanted to sharpen its corona rules (see first report).
- Clubs and bars should close again, and NRW wants to limit the occupancy rate at soccer stadiums to a third. NRW wants to avoid games without spectators.
- The Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder insisted on Tuesday that only ghost games be allowed until the end of the year (see update from November 30th, 5:33 p.m.).
Update from November 30th, 5:33 p.m .: The Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) demanded on Tuesday that there should only be ghost games in the Bundesliga until the end of the year. “When Christmas markets are closed, it is not right to have full stadiums,” the CSU politician justified his suggestion. It was initially unclear whether other federal states with a lower incidence than Bavaria would accept this regulation. Söder expressly wanted Germany-wide implementation, but announced that Bavaria would go it alone in an emergency.
Even for the Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, Hendrik Wüst (CDU), full stadiums and filling intensive care units do not go together. After the federal-state consultations on Tuesday, he announced a restriction on the number of spectators in football stadiums in North Rhine-Westphalia. However, there was no mention of ghost games, and Wüst did not want to commit to a specific number of spectators. It is crucial that there will not be pictures like the one from the weekend in Cologne, he said, referring to the around 50,000 spectators at the 1. FC Cologne game, some of whom were sitting close together without a mask.
The federal state of Saxony, on the other hand, goes along with Söder’s suggestion for ghost games, because football matches are already taking place in Saxon stadiums without spectators.
NRW wants to sharpen corona rules, but avoid ghost games in football stadiums
First report: Cologne – North Rhine-Westphalia wants to improve the corona rules. As from information from the Cologne city scoreboard emerged, the government in North Rhine-Westphalia is to plan, among other things, to close bars and clubs again and to limit the occupancy of the football stadiums.
NRW decision should come: limit the utilization of the football stadiums
Last Saturday, 50,000 people were still sitting in the stadium in Cologne and followed the game 1. FC Cologne against Borussia Mönchengladbach live – and many without a mask. That had been sharply criticized. Now NRW is said to have drawn the necessary conclusions: According to this, the most populous federal state in Germany limits the utilization in stadiums to a third. In addition, the 2G concept continues to exist, so that only those who have recovered and who have been tested have access who can also provide evidence of a current test. The BVB soccer game against the FC Bayern Munich on Saturday from 6 p.m. could take place with an audience.
Clubs and bars, on the other hand, will soon close again to the information from the Cologne City Gazette. According to information from CDU circles, the Luca warning app is said to have discovered a significant infection process in night restaurants in clubs and bars.
NRW: Christmas markets can remain open
The Christmas markets in North Rhine-Westphalia may remain open for vaccinated and convalescent people. Depending on the municipality, visitors may or may not have to wear a mask. Despite the high incidences in their own federal state, NRW health minister Karl-Josef Laumann is said to have declared in the CDU parliamentary group meeting that NRW is in a good position compared to other federal states such as Bavaria or Saxony in terms of vaccination rates and booster vaccinations.
The CDU parliamentary group should, according to the Cologne city scoreboard also demand a general compulsory vaccination. She wants to present the corresponding proposal in the next plenary session. The Düsseldorf state parliament will hold a special session on the corona situation on Wednesday.
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