Corona in Bavaria: Test station in Munich closed – pensioners received a negative answer without a test

Bavaria is significantly relaxing the corona rules in numerous areas. After a bizarre incident, the police are examining test stations in Munich.

Update from June 5, 4:45 p.m.: The Bavarian investigative authorities are also checking indications of possible fraud in connection with corona test stations. Four test stations have now been closed in Munich. The reason is “doubts about the reliability of the test results” in one of the four stations, the Bavarian Ministry of Health told the Süddeutsche Zeitung .

The trigger for the investigation was a pensioner. He registered for the corona test at the Seehaus station in the English Garden. Although he did not appear, so he did not keep his appointment, he was then sent a negative test result. It is now being examined whether such incidents occurred more frequently in the four stations concerned.

+

The operator of the test stations confirmed the closure to the SZ and indicated a possible mix-up.

Markus Söder opens Corona Bavaria radically – but one area falls by the wayside again

Update from June 4, 8:12 p.m.: After the cabinet meeting, Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder announced far-reaching easing for the Free State on Friday. Among other things, this also applies to the opening of indoor catering, events and contact regulations. The move met with a positive response.

Among other things, the Bavarian Hotel and Restaurant Association DEHOGA welcomes the new measures. “That was an extremely important step for the hospitality industry,” DEHOGA President Angela Inselkammer is quoted as saying in a press release. The restaurants finally got the planning security they needed to ring in the summer season regardless of the weather. Inselkammer also said: “We have proven that we successfully implement effective protection and hygiene concepts. There is no evidence that the hospitality industry has ever been a driver of pandemics. Hospitality companies were and are part of the solution and not the problem. “

The chambers of industry and commerce in Bavaria have also given positive feedback on the opening steps. The openings bring “long-awaited steps towards normality”, explains BIHK President Eberhard Sasse in a press release. He has high hopes for retailers, restaurants, hotels and fitness studios, especially in the elimination of mandatory testing and prior appointments. Sasse criticizes, however, that there is still no perspective for clubs, bars and discos. In these companies there has been “pure fear of the economic existence for over a year”, which is why a plan has to be presented as to when these areas can be reopened with good concepts.

2.43 p.m.: And here, as promised, again the general overview of all valid Corona rules and new old freedoms in Bavaria from Monday. *

1:25 p.m.: And that ends the press conference. We summarize the most important things again. You will soon be able to read an overview of all the easing measures from Monday in a separate text here. For a direct overview: The most important easing steps are summarized under the update from 12:41 p.m.

1:22 p.m.: Another question about the European Football Championship – who is actually responsible for safety and infection protection? Does Munich have to solve this all by yourself now? Or does the Ministry of the Interior do it? Both, says Holetschek. A concept will be drawn up together.

1:13 p.m.: Sebastian Horsch from Münchner Merkur * would like to know whether the mask requirement for private events such as weddings can fall in the future, for example if you were planning a wedding for September. “It’s not a question of courage,” says Söder, “but a question of understanding.” He cites the outbreak in a nursing home in Neumarkt as an example. “It’s a question of life and death, who is vaccinated there and who is not.” According to Söder, further normalization steps depend on the vaccination quota. And whether we are really spared from a new mutant.

The relive of the press conference in the video

1:11 p.m.: Let’s listen a little more to the questions. Exciting question about curfew. It is at midnight, but only applies to gastronomy, not to private use.

1:07 p.m .: “You want to celebrate too”, Piazolo understands especially the younger Bavarians and schoolchildren. That had arrived in the government.

Schools in Bavaria: Face-to-face teaching for most schools

12:58 p.m.: Now it’s about the schools with Michael Piazolo (Free Voters). “Most Bavarian schools will finally have face-to-face classes again from Monday,” says Piazolo. “So that they can learn accordingly and experience the community.” In this respect, full face-to-face instruction applies from next Monday if the incidence is below 50, and either alternate instruction or full face-to-face instruction if the incidence is over 50 if the minimum distance can be guaranteed. Piazolo’s ministry has designed a certificate that can be printed out, with which the teachers can validate the students’ corona tests outside of the educational establishment.

12.55 p.m .: In the hotel industry, the test only needs to be taken on arrival, no longer every two days. Two households are also allowed to book a room in Bavaria again. “The amusement parks are very, very important as the number one tourist destination in Germany,” says Aiwanger. He is all the more pleased that these are also allowed to open again without a mask being required in the outdoor area ..

12:51 p.m.: Söder has finished. Hubert Aiwanger is now speaking. “Love of life instead of frustration” is his motto today. Aiwanger emphasizes the quasi-permission for all private meetings with an incidence below 50 with ten people from any number of households. He also addresses indoor catering again. As well as the club life. Up to 50 club members can meet again. And of course the trade, which is allowed to open below an incidence of 100, of course under the square meter restriction.

12.46 p.m.: Now Söder comes to the European Championship games: Approx. 14,000 spectators are admitted to the Allianz Arena for the European Championship games. With appropriate hygiene concepts and a mask requirement.

12.41 p.m .: 50 percent of Bavarians already have an initial vaccination in Bavaria. So every second. In addition, the incidences are falling. So it is time for more normalcy, says Söder.

Bavaria before new corona rules: what applies from Monday?

The federal emergency brake continues until June 30th. Then it will expire, predicts Söder. So over 100 everything is regulated by the federal government, under 100 Bavaria regulates. The disaster case will be canceled from Monday. The incidence values 50 and 100 are the limits. The mandatory test applies to over 50, the federal emergency brake applies to over 100.

Contact restrictions: Between 50 and 100: Ten people with a maximum of three households. Under 50: Also ten people maximum, but from any number of households.

For birthdays, weddings etc .: Over 50: 50 people outside, 25 inside, both with test. Below 50: 100 outside and 50 inside – all without a test.

Day care center and school, university: “We are more careful there,” says Söder, “because we have a duty”. If the incidence is less than 50, full face-to-face instruction applies; if the incidence is over 50, either alternate instruction or full face-to-face instruction, if the minimum distance can be guaranteed. However, the mask still applies, except for school sports. The tests that are taken at the school are also valid for further examinations; there is no need for an extra test, for example for going out to dinner later. With an incidence of more than 100, there are again distance or alternating lessons.

University : Face-to-face events will be admitted again. With mask and test obligation.

Trade: square meter limitation and mask remain. But below 100 click and meet are omitted.

Gastro: Indoor catering is also opened when the incidence is below 100. However, clubs or discos are excluded. They stay closed. The same applies to saunas or solariums, these are also open again. Always with an incidence of over 50 with compulsory testing and under 50 without compulsory testing.

Cultural events are again possible outside with up to 500 spectators. Singing is permitted again in church services. In sport as in culture, up to 500 spectators outside. In active sports such as soccer, there is no longer any limit to the number of players.

12.31 p.m.: Markus Söder speaks first. It starts with the good news of falling incidence. “It is slowly getting lighter – like the weather – after a long Corona winter.” That is why there is now an opening concept that will apply from Monday. Söder is currently teasing more normality and a lot of relief.

12.30 p.m.: We are still waiting for the Bavarian coalition leaders to appear. The speakers will be Markus Söder, Hubert Aiwanger, Florian Herrmann and Michael Piazolo.

12.12 p.m.: A few minutes before the start of the PK with Markus Söder, Bild reports that 20 percent of the audience capacity should be allowed for the European Football Championship games in Munich. That would correspond to a capacity of around 15,000 spectators in the Allianz Arena.

Update, 11:24 a.m.: Markus Söder’s press conference is eagerly awaited. In any case, the Bavarian incidence figures would leave room for further openings. The Robert Koch Institute for Bavaria reports a seven-day incidence of 29.0 on Friday, slightly below the national average. No district or urban district in Bavaria has an incidence of more than 100. Only nine of the 96 rural districts and independent cities are over 50.

Munich, June 4, 7:33 a.m. – It had become quiet around the once omnipresent Bavarian Prime Minister. If at all, the CSU boss attracted attention through vacation photos on Instagram and their processing by comedian Fabian Köster. * His daughter also made headlines on Instagram – because of her trip to Europe. * But now Markus Söder is back in front of the cameras.

The cabinet meets beforehand for a meeting. A press conference is scheduled for 12.30 p.m. today. You can follow the date in video and ticker here. Some details have already been leaked. And they promise great things. Because on Sunday, June 6th, the currently valid Corona regulation in the Free State expires. It must be extended or rewritten. The signs point to the latter – combined with far-reaching easing.

Corona easing in Bavaria: Söder is probably planning to open indoor restaurants

As Merkur.de * found out on Thursday, the Bavarian state government is planning to open the indoor catering * – from Monday, June 7th. In other countries, such as Baden-Württemberg or North Rhine-Westphalia, it is already open. So the time is ripe. In addition, further opening steps are planned for pretty much all areas of society. From schools to – sporting events.

Football European Championship in Allianz Arena: opening for 15,000 fans could come today

And this last point in particular has a bigger character a few days before the start of the European Football Championship *: It is about nothing less than the Allianz Arena in Munich as the European Championship venue. This has been controversial for a long time. UEFA was already considering deleting Munich altogether because the state government refused to allow spectators for a long time. Shortly before the decision, around 15,000 spectators (around a fifth of the total capacity) were promised, but the state government did not want to see this as a firm promise, but rather make it dependent on the Corona numbers. As is well known, they are now falling continuously. So at least nothing stands in the way of the 15,000 spectators.

Football championship games in Munich in front of spectators: police against

The Bavarian police, at least their union, are very much against it. It is already hardly possible to keep the Corona-tired partiers on the streets and squares in Bavaria’s cities under control. See the latest example from Munich from Wednesday evening *. It is an absolutely wrong signal to let thousands of EM fans into Munich now, say the police representatives.

Corona easing in Bavaria: Pressure on Söder increased massively over the days

Incidentally, the far-reaching corona openings for Bavaria are hardly a pure Söder idea that occurred to him during his vacation in Bavaria. Rather, he will have to give in to the massive pressure he is feeling from all sides in the Free State. Munich’s Mayor Dieter Reiter has already sent a long list of opening requests to the State Chancellery in an open letter. Much to Söder’s annoyance. And when asked by Merkur.de *, his deputy Hubert Aiwanger does not jump into Söder, but the Munich mayor. * So apparently time for the escape to the front. At 12.30 p.m. we know more. * Merkur.de / bayern is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA

List of rubric lists: © Christoph Schmidt / dpa