Coping with the crisis: court lifts restrictions in the district of Gütersloh

The higher administrative court in North Rhine-Westphalia has set the restrictions of public life in the district of Gütersloh, provisionally, except for law enforcement. The so-called Corona regional regulation was unlawful because it infringed the principle of proportionality and equal treatment, consistent, informed the court on Monday. The decision of the court is final.

Jonas Jansen

economic correspondent in Düsseldorf.

The Land of North Rhine-Westphalia had after the mass, Corona liable to infections in the meat it for the whole of the district of Gütersloh extensive restrictions of public life has. This was not objectionable, the court, although in the beginning, because the circle with in the short term, the protection of stricter measures "have won the" time for Awareness-raising activities. Meanwhile, the Land of North Rhine-would have been Westphalia, however, a differentiated regime to adopt, told the court. The infections varied according to cities and municipalities "significantly". Therefore, the local hazard situation deviate significantly from the Situation in other cities and municipalities outside of the district.

The regional regulation, would be to run in the night to Wednesday, and the application for a temporary injunction is a game hall operator from Oelde had submitted. The higher administrative court had confirmed in the previous cases, the regulation of the state of NRW.

The Landrat des Kreises Gütersloh, Sven-Georg Adenauer, expressed surprise over the judgment of the higher administrative court in Münster. "I'm happy for the citizens in the circle, we now have a little more freedom. The Lockdown was a burden, now the stigma is finally over.“ The judgment will show that the measures are effective, however, Adenauer warned, the Virus to underestimate. "We have 44 new cases. Two are attributable to the rest of the population, the other directly in connection with toennies. A number of persons who were previously tested negative,“ said Adenauer. The judgment will have no impact on how the circle with the meat operation immediately. "With the company, we are in constructive discussions and one thing is for sure: A reboot and if everything is safe. The company toennies will have to implement the new concepts in accordance with the requirements of the authorities.“