{"id":12802,"date":"2021-03-25T21:08:14","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T21:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=12802"},"modified":"2021-03-25T21:08:14","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T21:08:14","slug":"how-a-german-corona-measure-was-reversed-within-24-hours-easter-rest-osterruhe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/how-a-german-corona-measure-was-reversed-within-24-hours-easter-rest-osterruhe\/","title":{"rendered":"How was a German lockdown announced AND revoked within one day?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a tough week for\u00a0Bundeskanzlerin\u00a0<\/em>(f, Federal Chancellor) Angela Merkel<\/a>. Due to the announced lockdown for Ostern <\/em>(Easter)<\/a>, everyone went hart ins Gericht <\/em>(“hard into court”) with her. With rising coronavirus cases, the planned\u00a0Lockerungen <\/em>(f, relaxations) of the COVID rules fielen ins Wasser\u00a0<\/em>(“fell in the water”). But what actually happened?<\/p>\n

A “knallharter Lockdown<\/em>“<\/strong><\/h1>\n
\"Coronavirus<\/a>

Photo by Sweet Amaryllis<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

On Monday, Merkel and the prime ministers of the German\u00a0Bundesl\u00e4nder\u00a0<\/em>(Federal states)<\/a> sat together to decide the next corona rules. While the planned\u00a0Lockerungen\u00a0<\/em>from March 1<\/a> slowly started rolling out after a long lockdown since December have the new cases steadily increased. The\u00a0Bundesregierung <\/em>(f, federal government) is now concerned that a dritte Welle <\/em>(f, third wave) cannot be stopped.<\/p>\n

This was why on Monday, it was decided to put a so-called Osterruhe <\/em>(f, Easter rest) in place for the Easter days from April 1 to 5. So what does this mean?<\/p>\n