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Berlin (dpa / bb) - Berlin's Senator for the Interior, Andreas Geisel (SPD), has appealed to people to minimize contacts on New Year's Eve too.
"The risk of infection is simply too great," he said on Monday evening in the rbb "Abendschau".
The intensive care units are full, “we have to relieve the hospitals”.
In the capital, as in other places, there is a ban on the sale of fireworks.
The ignition of firecrackers is also prohibited in many places.
Last week the Senate published a list of 56 places where this will be the case.
You might not be able to prevent every illegal firecracker.
"But the police are traveling with 2,600 police officers," said Geisel on the TV program.
Among other things, they would ensure that illegal gatherings would be prevented.
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“Of course the police can't be everywhere in this huge city.
But she will enforce the law where she is, "said Geisel.
The fire brigade wants to prepare for a state of emergency for New Year's Eve in the same way as in previous years.
According to Geisels, alarm pistols have also been used more and more on New Year's Eve in recent years.
There is an "uncertain legal situation," said the Interior Senator.
At the last conference of interior ministers he started an initiative to make the use of alarm weapons more restrictive.
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