{"id":112860,"date":"2021-04-26T11:54:10","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T11:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=112860"},"modified":"2021-04-26T11:54:10","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T11:54:10","slug":"germans-confront-new-covid-lockdown-rules-that-could-last-until-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/business\/germans-confront-new-covid-lockdown-rules-that-could-last-until-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Germans confront new Covid lockdown rules that could last until June"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Germany has implemented tough new lockdown rules to curb a third wave of infections.<\/li>\n<li>The measures could last until June.<\/li>\n<li>Curfews, shopping and leisure center closures and limits on household contacts are part of new measures.<\/li>\n<li>Protests have been seen in several cities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In this article<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>CDU-V<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Germany has implemented tough lockdown rules in a bid to curb a third wave of infections, issuing a set of new measures expected to last until June.<\/p>\n<p>Protests have been seen in several German cities after the restrictions were introduced this weekend on coronavirus hot spots.<\/p>\n<p>A curfew, limits on customers in shops, leisure center closures and limits on household contacts are part of the measures.<\/p>\n<p>Germany has been struggling to suppress a third wave, largely attributed to the spread of a more infectious strain of the virus that first emerged in the U.K. last fall.<\/p>\n<p>Enacting a &quot;nationwide emergency brake,&quot; cities or districts that exceed a seven-day incidence rate of 100 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants over three consecutive days must now implement the lockdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Schools are to close if incidence rates are above 165 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants for three days in a row.<\/p>\n<p>Data from the Robert Koch Institute, Germany&#x27;s public health body, shows that all but one of Germany&#x27;s 16 states are above the threshold for the emergency brake to kick in, and seven states have an incidence rate above 165. The nationwide seven-day average of cases per 100,000 people stood at 169.3 on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The measures, set out in the Infection Protection Act, effectively expand the federal government&#x27;s authority to control the pandemic. Germany&#x27;s states have been largely able to set their own rules, leading to variations across the country with some states reluctant to impose stricter measures despite a surge in infections.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, the measures \u2014 and, particularly, the curfew, which will run from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. and allows people to leave their homes only if they must go to or from work, seek medical assistance or take a dog for a walk \u2014 have provoked fury among some members of the public, with small demonstrations taking place in several cities at the weekend, notably Frankfurt and Hanover.<\/p>\n<h2>&#x27;Do what is necessary&#x27;<\/h2>\n<p>German Chancellor Angela Merkel\u00a0defended the new rules, urging compliance.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;If we succeed now in reducing infections significantly and quickly, step-by-step relaxations\u00a0will be possible in the foreseeable future,&quot; she said in her weekly video podcast.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Let us now once again do what is necessary and together show consideration and responsibility.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;What we&#x27;re hearing from doctors and the nursing staff, these are real cries for help,&quot; she said. &quot;We \u2014 the state, society, citizens \u2014 we all have to help,&quot; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Finance Minister Olaf Scholz told the Bild am Sonntag newspaper that he didn&#x27;t think the measures would be eased before the end of May while German Health Minister Jens Spahn told the German Parliament, the Bundestag, that &quot;the situation is serious, very serious.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>While vaccinations and testing provide some way out of the pandemic, only &quot;reducing contacts and thus reducing transmission of the infection&quot; can contain the third wave, Spahn said.<\/p>\n<p>The new measures could further dent the popularity of Merkel&#x27;s ruling conservative alliance, the Christian Democratic Union and its sister party, the Christian Social Union.<\/p>\n<p>A second voter poll has now put the Green Party ahead of the CDU-CSU bloc. The poll by Kantar for Bild am Sonntag put support for the Greens at 28%, 1 percentage point above support for the CDU-CSU. If the Greens&#x27; positive momentum continues and is borne out in the September federal election, the Greens could be the most powerful influence in a likely coalition government with the conservative bloc.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/04\/26\/german-coronavirus-new-lockdown-rules-could-last-until-june.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany has implemented tough new lockdown rules to curb a third wave of infections. The measures could last until June. 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