Germany's Cabinet approved a package of pandemic restrictions set to come into force on October 1 should it clear parliament in the coming weeks, rep
Germany’s Cabinet approved a package of pandemic restrictions set to come into force on October 1 should it clear parliament in the coming weeks, reported DW. Health Minister Karl Lauterbach and Justice Minister Marco Buschmann discussed the measures at a press conference in Berlin. Lauterbach is a physician and member of the Social Democrats (SPD), and has tended to be among the voices urging maximum caution on the coronavirus in German politics. “We want to be considerably better prepared in the coming autumn for the pandemic than was the case in the past,” Lauterbach said, adding that he is expecting a large wave of cases later in the year, but also saying he believes that the country is better prepared for it. Buschmann is from the neoliberal Free Democrats (FDP), the party within Germany’s ruling coalition that is most hesitant about restrictions in workplaces, schools and other spaces, reported DW.
He called the package a “good, moderate and restrained concept,” saying that, while it is Lauterbach’s task to focus on the health issues when forming these rules, it was Buschmann’s job to make sure the “process, proportionality and legality” of the measures was assured. The concept approved by Cabinet is unchanged from the concept first put forward by Lauterbach and Buschmann early in August, just as Lauterbach himself experienced his latest bout with Covid 19. Much of the package rests on the principle of leaving more-restrictive decisions up to individual states, which are given a series of measures that they’re permitted to impose if they see the need, based on local caseloads or other factors, as reported by DW.
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In the last 24 hours 503 new cases of contagion and 1 death caused by Covid 19 were reported by State and Health Authorities. Contagion is being watched in Guanajuato and cases of contagion reported are over 500 in the last 24 hours, while there was 1 death reported. Authorities maintain the color of activities in the GREEN easing restrictions on activities, both leisure and work.
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