DSSELDORF (dpa-AFX) – North Rhine-Westphalia’s Prime Minister Hendrik Wst (CDU) is demanding a legal basis for basic corona protection from the federal government for the period after the previous measures have expired. “We still need at least the possibility of proven protective measures such as compulsory masks, distance rules and hygiene concepts,” said the chairman of the Prime Ministers’ Conference on Tuesday in a special session of the Düsseldorf state parliament. “A responsible opening perspective only works with good basic protection.”
According to the current status, the legal basis for every protection option under the Federal Infection Protection Act expires on March 19, said Wst. One lesson from the pandemic, however, is not to rule out proven protective measures. “We have to be prepared for the third winter of the pandemic. We owe that to the people,” he warned in a state parliament briefing the day before the next federal-state round of talks on the corona crisis.
“In the future, too, we need the option of being able to protect the most vulnerable in our society, if we have to,” stressed Wst have to turn back halfway.” That is why mindfulness is still necessary.
This Wednesday, the federal and state governments want to discuss easing with Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD). A first proposal for a resolution, which is available to the German Press Agency, states that the far-reaching restrictions on social, cultural and economic life should be gradually lifted by March 20./beg/DP/jha