For your decision to choose Carnival on 11.11. not to cancel, Cologne's mayor Henriette Reker received a lot of criticism. Now she was defending the decision.
Cologne – Overcrowded streets, exuberantly celebrating Jecke on November 11th: What was for many people in Cologne * overcoming frustration in the corona pandemic caused a lack of understanding in the rest of Germany. Critics criticized the lax on-site controls, health expert Karl Lauterbach * even feared a new “super-spreader event”. Cologne's Lord Mayor Henriette Reker * struck a lot of criticism for her carnival permit. At the opening of a new vaccination center on Tuesday, she defended her decision.
24RHEIN * shows why the beginning of the carnival in Cologne could not be canceled.
Meanwhile, the incidence in Cologne has risen to a new record: 331.3. This is well above the overall average for North Rhine-Westphalia (249). On the other hand, the hospitalization rate – the current benchmark for Corona regulations – with a value of 2.2 is only about half as high as in the whole of North Rhine-Westphalia. Reker sees this as confirmation of Cologne's vaccination efforts. (mah) * 24RHEIN is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
