The one from the The new Corona crisis team planned for the expected coalition partners SPD, Greens and FDP is to start “as soon as possible”, according to the executive government. The Executive Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and her designated successor Olaf Scholz (SPD) are in close contact about the appointment and the task, as government spokesman Steffen Seibert said on Monday in Berlin. It is also about coordination with the countries, there are also talks on this. Seibert mentioned that one of the committee’s important tasks was to push ahead with the vaccination campaign.
The health department explained that an existing government crisis team is also headed by a general – general doctor Hans-Ulrich Holtherm as head of the health protection department in the ministry. The committee, jointly managed with the interior department, meets every week, this Tuesday for the 99th time, and also prepares a daily management report, among other things. Other ministries are involved. According to the Ministry of the Interior, the committee was also involved in the development of entry requirements, among other things.
A possible early federal-state top round on Corona remained open. Seibert said he couldn’t announce an appointment. The next meeting at a Prime Minister’s Conference is scheduled for December 9th. So far, there is no uniform line among the countries to possibly come together earlier.