Stock Photo - 11 December 2020, Saxony, Aue: Frank Vogel (l-r), District Administrator of the Erzgebirgskreis, Michael Kretschmer (both CDU), Prime Minister of Saxony, Christoph Josten, University Hospital Leipzig, and Thomas Grünewald, infectiologist from Chemnitz Hospital, are sitting in a press conference at the Helios Klinikum. Along with Eastern Saxony, the Ore Mountains are among the regions with the highest incidence of infections in the Free State. From Saturday (12.12.2020), masks will be compulsory everywhere in the open air. As in other Saxon corona hotspots, the serving and consumption of alcohol in public is prohibited. House or apartment may no longer be left without good reason. Persons who do not have a permanent residence in the Erzgebirgskreis are not allowed to enter without good reason. Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa. - Aue/Saxony/Germany