What are the measures of Germany to face …

From berlin

With more than 15% of the German population vaccinateda, including Chancellor Angela Merkel who at 66, this Friday, April 16, received the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine, in Germany, new, more restrictive measures continue to be taken in the fight against the pandemic. Many of them are quite confusing since they adapt to the number of infected per day and others which annoy especially the population of the German capital, always the most rebellious in the pursuit of their individual freedoms.

So things, the million dollar question: are there face-to-face classes in schools? Yes, for primary and secondary schools and kindergartens, while universities are still in online format. Of course, currently in most states, classes are staggered, that is, half a day, usually three hours one group, then another. In addition to the fact that in many cases, covid tests are performed on a random basis and on a weekly basis, in order to check the appearance of an outbreak.

Are the bars and restaurants open? No, only for delivery. As well as all the shops which are not essential (only pharmacies and supermarkets can circulate freely).

The good news, which has upset many who think that this measure has more to do with a large pharmaceutical company than with the control of the pandemic, is that today to enter a business that is not essential -These are clothes, shoes, hairdressers or florists (as we mentioned a few weeks ago, shyly, but finally spring is starting and Germans like to fill their windows and balconies with flowers) You need to take a test of those sold in pharmacies and even supermarkets from five euros. So now, the main gondolas were filled with the most varied offer, and sure enough, few know how to manage it. Whether they have to take the test in front of the owners of the premises, or have it done at home. The doubt arises especially in establishments such as hairdressers which have only been open for a month and where customers arrive with the test kit in hand to be carried out by the hairdresser or to be done at home. In some establishments, like clothing stores, looking for sales, they offer it for free, if one commits to the purchase, which is still a bit strange.

Curfews and national legislation

Now there is another topic which is mainly on the lips of Berliners, which is thNight curfew from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.. Taking into account that the warmer days are starting and everyone is literally rushing to the parks. And on the other hand, with individual freedom being one of the trickier issues here, many have started to come forward.

One more time, the Chancellor was frank: “The virus does not negotiate. Here, neither hesitation nor half measures are worth it. We must do everything to stop and break the third wave. The situation is serious, very serious. Who are we to ignore the demands of health professionals? Merkel said at a press conference last week, adding that thThe federal government could act if the federal states do not take the necessary steps.

This is another of the burning questions at the political level in recent months: the uniformity of measures on the coronavirus for which the Federal Minister of the Interior Horst Seehofer continues to advocate through a national law. “The rules on the coronavirus in Germany must be uniformly anchored in national law,” he says whenever he gets the chance.

Yes indeed, a reform of the law on protection against infections will make it possible to avoid, if necessary, the resistance and the regional competences of the famous “LänderWhich recently resulted in multiple variations, at the discretion of each regional government, on the restrictions, with the general confusion this generates.

Finally, according to data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) this Friday, there were 25,831 new cases of coronavirus and 247 deaths. The most populous country in the European Union thus adds a total of 3,099,273 confirmed cases and 79,628 deaths due to covid-19.