Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach has before the consultations with the health ministers of the countries again promoted the use of the future Corona hotspot regulation. On Monday in Berlin, the SPD politician referred to Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Hamburg, which had announced that the rule would be applied. He will inform his colleagues in the federal states and provide “assistance” on how this can also be used in other federal states.
“Now this is the point where we all have to stick together and where we have to think about how we can use the hotspot rule in a way that sends a clear signal to the population that the pandemic is not over yet.” , said Lauterbach. The aim is to use the regulation to avert such an overload in regions where medical care may be overloaded before it is too late, he said.
Lauterbach wanted to talk to the health ministers on Monday above the possible Advice on Corona measures, which they still have after the changes to the Infection Protection Act. From next Saturday, mask requirements indoors will only be possible to a limited extent, for example in clinics or nursing homes. 2G or 3G rules, masks in shops or schools can regional only to be ordered, if the respective state parliament determines a particularly critical corona situation there.
The Minister of Health had already mentioned four criteria by which an impending overload of clinic capacities can be determined as a prerequisite for a hotspot – for example if clinics have to cancel planned interventions or have to transfer patients to other houses.