Berlin: German parliament will not expand the “national scope epidemic situation” when it ends next month, it will still put certain steps to examine the spread of Coronavirus, said MPs on Wednesday.
The member of the state parliament, or the Bundestag, said that though Coronavirus infection has increased recently, they did not see the need to extend the “epidemic situation” which was first stated in March 2020 and has been repeatedly extended since then.
They said that the situation was fundamentally changed due to the fact that around two-thirds of the population It has been vaccinated against the virus.
The declaration of the health emergency situation has enabled the federal and state government to order the main steps of Coronavirus without the approval of national and regional parliament.
“There will be no more school closure, key keys or sleep hours again, ” said Dirk Wiese, deputy head to Left-left social democratic parliament group.
He added that pandemics still need to be handled responsibly, but the restrictions on civil rights need to be loosened again.
Despite expiration of November 25 from the epidemic situation, ” Some actions such as masks must wear public spaces, restrictions entering certain places only for those who have been vaccinated or financial support for workers who have been hit by pandemic workers will remain in place March.
In addition, each state can still decide to implement more stringent steps if needed.
Members of the three parties who hoped to form a new German government announced the new direction of the country to a pandemic to reporters in Berlin.
Germany held national elections last month.
Social Democrats, Green Environment and Free Democrats Pro-business opened formal coalition talks after the initial agreement earlier this month, and said they hoped to announce an agreement for the new government in early December.
If negotiations are successful, the new government will send Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Center-Right Union Bloc to be opposition after 16 years in a helmet.
His replacement which might be Ollaf Scholz from the Central Left Social Democrats, Chancellor and Minister of Finance since 2018.
Until then, Merkel and his cabinet would continue to lead the government in the position of the guard.
On Wednesday, the State Disease Control Agency reported reported 23,212 cases of new viruses, up from 17.
015 cases a week ago.
More than 4.5 million people have been registered as infected with a virus since the start of Pandemic in Germany and 95,359 people have died.