I.In the fight against the further spread of the coronavirus, tougher measures are taking place in other federal states. Stricter contact restrictions now also apply in Bavaria, Berlin, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saarland, Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein and Thuringia. Other countries had already implemented similar measures to protect themselves against the very contagious Omicron variant.
In Hesse, for example, only groups of a maximum of ten people are now allowed to meet in public. The operation of dance halls, clubs and discos is prohibited nationwide and regardless of the local infection rates. The upper limit for all indoor or outdoor events is 250 participants.
Before Christmas, the federal and state governments had agreed to further restrict private and public life by December 28th at the latest. The implementation of the rules was the responsibility of the countries.
Reported numbers continue to decline for the time being
The nationwide seven-day incidence decreased compared to the previous day. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the value of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week on this Tuesday morning as 215.6. For comparison: the day before the nationwide incidence was 222.7, a week ago it was 306.4, a month ago it was 452.2.
The health authorities in Germany reported 21,080 new corona infections to the RKI within one day. Exactly a week ago there were 23,428 infections.
The RKI points out that less test and reporting activity can be expected during the holidays and at the turn of the year. Therefore, the officially reported number of cases could only show an incomplete picture of the corona situation in Germany.
According to the new information, 372 deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours. A week ago there were 462 deaths. The number of people who died with or with a proven infection with the Sars-CoV-2 virus rose to 110,805.
The number of corona patients admitted to clinics per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days was given by the RKI on Monday as 3.26 (Sunday 3.31).
The RKI has counted 7,026,369 detected infections with Sars-CoV-2 since the beginning of the pandemic. The actual total number is likely to be significantly higher, as many infections are not recognized. The RKI stated the number of people recovered on Tuesday at 6,217,800.
Numerous demonstrations, especially in the east
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in many cities against corona restrictions on Monday evening. Sometimes there were riots and several police officers were injured. The demonstrations were particularly popular in eastern Germany. In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, according to the police, there were a total of around 15,000 participants in several cities, 6500 of them in Rostock alone. In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, stricter corona protective precautions have been in place since Monday. Museums, theaters, cinemas and other leisure facilities are closed nationwide.
Around 3,000 people demonstrated in Cottbus, around 5,000 in Magdeburg and around 2,000 in Gera. The authorities also reported four-digit numbers of participants from Halle, Halberstadt, Wittenberg, Bitterfeld, Ravensburg, Saarbrücken, Braunschweig, Kaiserslautern, Fulda and Koblenz.
Violence against police officers too
According to the police, rioters injured more than ten emergency services and damaged some vehicles in Bautzen in East Saxony. When the officers tried to stop an elevator, they were “massively” pelted with fireworks and bottles. Most of the injured police officers suffered a bang. A total of around 500 to 600 people had gathered, with “people belonging more to the extremist spectrum” in the front third of the demonstration marches.
In Pirmasens, two participants in a meeting attacked emergency services. According to the police, one of the two attackers had previously been advised of the obligation to wear a mask. Three officers were slightly injured. According to the police, there were also riots in Mannheim and Ravensburg.
The police union (GdP) sees its colleagues as heavily burdened by the many protests. The high level of effort may necessitate “neglecting other police tasks, for example traffic monitoring,” said GdP chairman Oliver Malchow to the newspapers of the Funke media group (Tuesday). Malchow fears that this will lead to a loss of trust in the law enforcement officers and “the police will become even more of a lightning rod for angry citizens”.
The general manager of the German Association of Municipalities, Gerd Landsberg, called on the police and the judiciary to take consistent action against people who break the law at demonstrations. “The state has to show a clear line in the anti-vaccination demonstrations. One or the other radar control is less important, “said Landsberg of the” Rheinische Post “(Tuesday).
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