Because of the out of control corona pandemic, Bavaria is tightening its drastic measures. All clubs, discos and bars should close for the next three weeks, there should be no Christmas markets this year.

Ten rural districts are currently affected by these lockdowns, including those bordering on the state of Salzburg Regions of Berchtesgadener Land and Traunstein. In Berchtesgadener Land the seven-day incidence on Tuesday was 1146.1, that in Traunstein was given as 1127.4.

The measures in detail:

The hotspot lockdown applies in a county until the incidence value is below the incidence limit of 1,000 for five consecutive days.

• All facilities and events that were subject to previous access restrictions according to 2G plus / 2G / 3G plus / 3G are closed. This means in particular the closure of leisure, cultural and sporting events, gastronomy, accommodation, body-related services (except hairdressers), sports and cultural facilities as well as – their presence offers – universities, extracurricular educational institutions and vocational training and further education – and training.
• The wholesale and retail trade remains open, However, there is a customer limit to one customer per 20 square meters of retail space.
• The schools and daycare centers remain open.
• As always, medical, therapeutic and nursing services remain accessible without access restrictions.
• The competition and training operations of the professional athletes as well as the competitive athletes of the national and state squads remain unaffected, provided that the presence of spectators is excluded and access to the sports facility is only granted to those persons who are necessary for the competition or training operations or media reporting.

Requirement for mandatory vaccination

Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder pleaded a few days ago for a general vaccination requirement. “I believe that in the end we will not be able to avoid a general compulsory vaccination,” said the CSU boss on Friday in Munich: “Otherwise we will end up in an endless loop with this crap corona.”

The tightening of the corona rules in Bavaria “is not a long-term solution,” said Söder and expressed doubts as to whether a partial vaccination requirement for individual professional groups is really sufficient and “may be the only next solution for years”.

Health Minister Klaus Holetschek (CSU) once again appealed to people in the Free State to get vaccinated and voluntarily reduce their contacts. The health system is threatened with collapse.