A bang on Friday afternoon: Lower Saxony’s Prime Minister Stephan Weil announced warning level 3 for the Christmas days at a press conference. There are strict rules in the house.
Hanover – Lower Saxony pulls the reins: At the press conference for new corona regulation Lower Saxony’s Prime Minister Stephan Weil announces warning level 3 for the Christmas season. “It will apply nationwide from December 24, 2021 to January 2, 2022,” said Weil on Friday, December 10, 2021 in Hanover.
German country: | Lower Saxony |
Area: | 47,614 km² |
Population: | 7.982 million (2019) |
Capital city: | Hanover |
Warning level 3 is the highest warning level of the Lower Saxony Corona Ordinance: discos and trade fairs are to be closed. According to the country’s Corona regulation, Christmas markets would also have to close. At first, Weil did not expressly comment on this.
There should also be significant capacity limits at events. There shouldn’t be any big New Year’s Eve parties or dance events. Private gatherings should be limited to a maximum of 25 people. Restaurants should remain open for à la carte operation during this time. Retail stores also remain open, the 2G regulation applies.
Stricter corona rules on the public holidays and earlier Christmas holidays for schoolchildren
In addition, the compulsory attendance at schools in Lower Saxony to contain the corona virus will be lifted before Christmas. From December 20, three days before the start of the holiday, the students could be exempted from classes at the request of their parents, the state government announced on Friday in Hanover.
There is no entitlement to distance learning on these days. The holidays should start on December 23rd as planned and last until January 7th.
Weil calls out warning level 3 for Christmas time in Lower Saxony: Omikron “to be taken extremely seriously”
Weil named the newly emerged omicron variant of the corona virus as the reason for raising the warning level. This is “to be taken extremely seriously,” said Weil. Weil said he was very worried about what could happen to us at the turn of the year. “It may be that at the beginning of the year we will find ourselves in a challenge that we haven’t had before.”
It is imperative to prevent the Delta and Omikron variants from bringing the health system over its limits, said the Prime Minister in the run-up to the conference. For this, contacts would have to be reduced urgently. The time around Christmas and New Year must be used to avoid risks.
Lower Saxony State government had already cleared the way for warning level 3 in the country on Tuesday. The Prime Minister called the measure in his government statement a “real escalation case”.
There were reports in advance that Weil wants to dare to go it alone with his idea of a “Christmas rest”. A majority of the federal and state governments opposed restrictions. Lower Saxony is the first – and currently the only federal state – to initiate corona measures for Christmas and the holidays. * Kreiszeitung.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
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