A district wants to open up the outdoor gastronomy. Although the corona numbers are slowly falling, the situation in the intensive care units is deteriorating. All news in the ticker for Bavaria.
- Tirschenreuth has submitted an application to open the outdoor catering (see update from April 30th, 9:28 p.m.).
- The corona situation in Bavaria remains tense. In Munich, there is a trend in the seven-day incidence * (see update from May 1, 6.46 a.m.).
- The situation in the Bavarian intensive care units is worsening (see update from May 1, 11.07 a.m.).
- This news ticker is updated regularly.
Update from May 1st, 11.07 a.m.: Regardless of the slowly declining new corona infections, the situation in Bavaria’s hospitals remains extremely tense. In many places, the intensive care units are even more stressed than a week ago. This emerges from the Germany-wide Divi intensive register. On Saturday, not a single intensive care bed was free in 15 of the 96 Bavarian districts and cities. In the Bavarian average, only 10.7 percent of the intensive care beds were free, which is a very low value.
The occupancy of all intensive care beds was reported on Saturday by the city and district of Landshut, the city of Bayreuth, the city and district of Aschaffenburg, the district of Würzburg, the district of Erlangen-Höchstadt and the city of Memmingen. The municipality with the most intensive care beds in the whole of Bavaria is the state capital Munich, where only 37 of the 495 intensive care beds were still available.
Corona in Bavaria: incidence is falling
Update from May 1, 6:38 a.m.: On Friday, the Rottal-Inn district was still in tenth place among German hotspots with an incidence of 283.9. Now he is jumping to 5th place – on Saturday the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported a value of 301.2. As before, the Lower Bavarian district remains the only Bavarian representative in the top 10 German corona hotspots. Only in 15th place follows the next Bavarian city with Schweinfurt (275.1).
In the state capital, the seven-day incidence fell further and, according to the RKI, was 123.8 on Saturday (previous day 127.9). On Thursday the value was 131.6, the day before it was 130.3, on Tuesday it was 140.8. If the trend continues, Munich should soon fall below the limit of 100. If you stay below five days, some restrictions would be removed, for example the night curfew. For all of Bavaria, the RKI reported an incidence of 150.4 in the morning (previous day: 154.5).
Update from April 30, 9:19 p.m.: In almost all Bavarian districts and cities, distance learning will also take place in the coming week. Only a handful could return to alternating classes on Monday. On Friday, according to figures from the Robert Koch Institute, eleven districts and urban districts were below a seven-day incidence of 100 – but not all of them reached the required minimum of five days so that alternating lessons for all classes would be possible there from Monday on.
Because according to the new regulation in the federal emergency brake, the Friday before the new week is no longer the reference date, but it is evaluated on a daily basis. In other words, if a district or town is below an incidence value of 100 for more than five days in a row, you can switch to alternate classes from the day after next.
Coronavirus: Tirschenreuth wants to be the first in Bavaria to reopen its outdoor restaurants
While parents and children can prepare for another week of homeschooling in numerous regions in Bavaria, the Tirschenreuth district has applied for outdoor catering to be opened. A spokesman for the district office said on Friday that the Bavarian Ministry of Health has requested the necessary approval. According to the figures from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Tirschenreuth has been below an incidence of 100 since April 14th. On Friday, the RKI showed a value of 73.6. As a result, the circle sees the prerequisites for an opening fulfilled. Tirschenreuth had very high numbers in the first and second corona wave, but currently it is the Bavarian district that has been by far the longest below an incidence of 100.
The state manager of the hotel and restaurant association, Thomas Geppert, said that opening up in Tirschenreuth would be “exactly the right step”. He hoped for the approval of the Ministry of Health. “There is no reason why the outdoor catering should not open if the value is below 100,” said Geppert. In addition, his association also calls for a general solution for outdoor catering from the incidence values. If the district’s application goes through, outdoor restaurants in Bavaria would reopen for the first time in six months. Tirschenreuth has long been one of the hotspots of the Corona crisis in Bavaria *.
Corona in Bavaria: curfew does not apply to hunters
Update from April 30th, 12:56 p.m .: Hunting is allowed despite the night curfew. The Bavarian State Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Forestry confirmed this on Friday when asked. The practice of hunting hoofed game during the night curfew is therefore an exception.
This will ensure “effective hunting” of roebucks and laths as well as wild boar, according to the justification in a letter from the ministry. The care of injured game is also a reason to be allowed to leave the apartment during the night curfew.
Hunting and working in the hunting ground is only permitted with members of the household and one other person in rural districts and urban districts in which a seven-day incidence of 100 is exceeded.
If the seven-day incidence is between 35 and 100, a maximum of five people from your own household and from another household may participate. Children under 14 years of age are excluded from the total.
Corona: are easing measures imminent in Munich? Trend continues
Update from April 30, 6:02 a.m.: If the top 10 of the German corona hotspots were last almost half from Bavarian cities and districts, the Rottal-Inn district is only one of them. The incidence there is 283.9, which is tenth place in Germany. The city of Hof (275.0) – at times the front runner – is “only” in 16th place.
Meanwhile, a trend is continuing in the state capital – the incidence is falling. On Friday it is 127.9. The day before, the value in Munich was 131.6, before that it was 130.3 and 140.8. The Robert Koch Institute reports an incidence of 154.5 for the entire Free State (previous day: 161.0).
Update from April 29th, 6:59 p.m.: Nowadays there are machines for many tasks that do the work – why not also with corona tests. This is probably what the developers at the Bavarian robot company Franka Emika thought. On Thursday they presented their prototype to the chairman of the future council of Bavarian economy, Wolfram Hatz. The robot is intended to make direct contact between the person to be tested and the medical staff unnecessary. According to the Association of Bavarian Business, it is the first system for automated corona swabs with worldwide approval as a medical product.
The particularly pressure-sensitive robot arm takes over the smear. A test island equipped with three arms should enable up to 60 tests of constant quality per hour. “Franka Emika is a great example of how we can fight the corona pandemic with high-tech from Bavaria,” said Hatz. “We have to fully exploit our excellent innovation potential in order to get through the crisis better and to make the location more resilient for the future.”
Corona virus in Bavaria: Söder is cautiously optimistic due to the falling number of infections
Update from April 29th, 1.30 p.m.: In the coming week, Bavaria wants to equate recovered corona patients with those who have been completely vaccinated and those who have tested negative. “Next week we will bring the equality of convalescence on the way,” said Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) on Thursday in Munich. This week, the cabinet had equated twice vaccinated with negative tested (see first report) .
Despite the slightly declining number of corona infections in Bavaria, Söder warned against hasty easing debates. The tendency is
positive, but there is still no reason to stop. “It is developing, but it is far from over.” Bavaria is still on a very long home straight.
In addition, there is still a need for “full throttle” with vaccinations by quickly abandoning the prioritization and swift vaccination in companies, said the Prime Minister. In this way, the mobilization can be increased and also new perspectives for the economy can be created.
To the address of the coalition partner in Bavaria, the Free Voters, Söder emphasized: The incidence in the country is falling slightly, not by leaps and bounds. Therefore, the “outdoor pool season” cannot yet be opened. The Free Voters see the beginning of a summer in every ray of hope, the CSU does not share this view.
Corona in Bavaria: Night-time exit restrictions also apply in the “free night” on May 1st
Update from April 29, 11.50 a.m.: The nightly exit restriction in Bavaria’s Corona hotspots with incidences over 100 also applies on the night of May 1. “The Bavarian police will increasingly monitor compliance with the night curfew on Friday.” This was announced by Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann (CSU) on Thursday in Munich. This year, too, the free night fun will unfortunately have to be canceled almost everywhere in the Free State due to corona.
Herrmann referred to the regulation according to which in rural districts and urban districts with a seven-day incidence of more than 100 people are prohibited from staying outside an apartment or their own property from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. “Corona does not stop at jokers,” said Herrmann. Parents also have to ensure that their children adhere to the corona rules. Failure to comply could result in a fine of 500 euros.
The night from April 30th to May 1st is also called Freinacht in Bavaria. That night, young people roam the streets in many places and do all sorts of pranks.
New corona numbers give hope – soon no more emergency brake in Munich?
First report from April 29, 9:18 a.m .: Munich – The Corona * numbers remain high in Bavaria. Although Bavarian cities are no longer at the top of the Germany-wide hotspot list, they are still in the top 10. The front runner in the Free State is the city of Hof with a seven-day incidence of 296.8. That is the seventh highest incidence in all of Germany. The districts of Rottal-Inn (290.5) and Dingolfing-Landau (285.5) follow in ninth and eleventh place. For all of Bavaria, the Robert Koch Institute * (RKI) reported a value of 161.0 on Thursday.
The incidence in the state capital Munich is 131.6 (previous day: 130.3). On Tuesday the value was 140.8, the day before 146.8. If this trend continues, Munich is likely to fall below the limit of 100 again in the foreseeable future. This would mean that all mechanisms of the “emergency brake” would fall. This also includes the nightly curfew.
Söder announces new corona rules for Bavaria: “Vaccination shows the way out of the crisis”
On Tuesday, Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder announced new Corona * rules for the Free State. You can find an overview here. * He said on Twitter: “Bavaria relies on a mix of caution and perspective. There is no reason to let up on our course now. We want to extend vaccination to families and businesses. Flexible vaccination shows the way out of the crisis. “
Special rules apply from Wednesday (April 28) for “completely vaccinated people”, as stated in the notification from the Bavarian State Chancellery. People who have received two corona vaccinations * are therefore treated the same as people who tested negative. Anyone who has been vaccinated twice and “has almost zero risk must be restored to their central basic rights”, Söder explained at the press conference on Tuesday. The fundamental rights should be returned as soon as possible.
Before equating recovered corona patients with those who have been completely vaccinated – clarify “open questions”
According to Health Minister Klaus Holetschek, however, it is not yet possible to equate recovered corona patients with those who have been completely vaccinated due to unresolved technical issues. “Before we open other areas of daily life for those who have recovered, we want to discuss the open questions with the federal and state governments in the interests of infection protection.” The CSU * politician said of the German Press Agency in Munich. This includes, for example, when an illness is considered to be over and how a surviving illness can best be proven.
Demands for immediate equality, such as those formulated by the Free Voters, “are therefore a little premature and hasty,” said Holetschek. “As soon as the database for the relief is available, we will make a decision.”
New corona rules in Bavaria: “Big step towards more normality and freedom”
“The responsible handling of civil rights and civil liberties is an important matter for us that we take very seriously,” emphasized Holetschek. That is why the cabinet decided this week that those who were completely vaccinated should have the same rights as those who tested negative. You no longer have to present a negative test when you visit the hairdresser. “This is a big step towards more normalcy and freedom. I am optimistic that more will follow as soon as possible. “
Of course, people who have survived a corona infection would also have a certain degree of immunization. “But it is also correct that there are still unanswered questions, especially about the level and duration of immunity. In these questions, we rely on the expertise of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), which has already commented on the quarantine obligation of close contact persons who have recovered from a COVID-19 disease. “
Bavaria is already implementing a recommendation from the RKI. “There is therefore no quarantine for immuno-healthy close contacts who have recovered from a PCR-confirmed infection and who have been vaccinated with a dose of vaccine and for immuno-healthy close contacts whose infection was not more than six months ago,” said Holetschek. (came with dpa) * Merkur.de/bayern is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
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