“The mood is mostly reasonable, wise and prudent,” said Michael Jahn (SPD) on Saturday the German press Agency. “People already know the danger.” Only a few had not understood it yet. The restrictions were severe, there were also discussions to come, whether everything was necessary. Currently there are, according to Jahn, in Jessen 43 Corona-cases of a total of 64 in the entire district of Wittenberg. The spread of the Coronavirus to contain about 8000 inhabitants are since Thursday in quarantine. Access roads are sealed off. Residents must remain in their homes and on their land, and they may only leave, in order to supply on the shortest way about food.
“It hits the city’s already extremely,” said Jahn, who is since 2015 the mayor. The city had experience with the flood and fires, but now the people could counter the Virus. The two weeks for which the quarantine is now applied, could be very long. “At the beginning, it is like a holiday camp.” However, it should be remember in the case of families, the Dilemma, if all the long time needed to be together. “Emotionally, there will be big problems,” says Jahns evaluation.
pressure on companies, their employees should not work any more, would have said Jahn. And there is also resentment in the face of differences in treatment, if, for example, a company could continue to work and others do not. And also for the people in the other 42 Jessener districts, the quarantine was clearly noticeable. You go to the doctor, shopping or going to day care and school, according to Jessen in the city. Now, the paths more clearly.
dpa
