Industry chief warns German Govt. over “inefficient” COVID-19 measures

A German industry chief, Siegfried Russwurm, on Tuesday, warned the government that the
coronavirus strategy was headed in the wrong direction.
Russwurm, the head of the Federation of German Industries (BDI), called for a comprehensible and planned measures to help businesses through the next phase of the pandemic.
He urged the federal and state governments to do significantly more to combat the rapidly increasing number of new infections.
“Politicians are in danger of making the same mistake as last autumn, when they shied away from consistent and centrally effective measures.”
He advocated a rule that means only people who have recovered from Covid-19, been vaccinated or have a negative virus test should be allowed back into the workplace.
“This would need a clear federal legal basis so that companies can apply protective measures in a comprehensible and planned manner for their employees in the coming weeks.
“In view of rapidly rising infection figures, it does not do justice to the seriousness of the situation to publicly hint at an imminent return to normal,” he said.
The three parties negotiating to form the next government after September’s elections – the Social Democrats, Greens and FDP – want the legal basis for coronavirus restrictions such as curfews to expire on Nov 25.
Russwurm said, instead of breaking the wave (of infections) with cross-state measures and consistent containment.
“We are once again threatened with an inefficient patchwork of inconsistent state measures.”