Contacts are restricted: Federal states tighten corona rules

Contacts are restricted
Federal states tighten corona rules

Despite recently falling numbers, stricter corona measures apply in many federal states shortly after Christmas. There is great concern about the spread of the omicron variant. This should be remedied by contact restrictions and the closure of leisure and cultural facilities.

In several federal states, stricter corona regulations will take effect this Monday. Contacts in private and public life are being further restricted, especially in order to prepare against the highly contagious Omikron variant. Some federal states had already started this at Christmas, others are now following suit.

Despite the recent drop in the number of cases, apply from today onwards across the board Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania stricter protective measures. Cinemas, theaters, museums, the interiors of zoos, swimming pools and other leisure facilities must remain closed across the board. So far, these restrictions have only applied in the middle and east of the country. However, since the corona traffic light for the country was red for several days and another wave of infections is expected with the Omikron variant, the state government had ordered the closings nationwide.

In Brandenburg There is a limit of ten people for private indoor or outdoor meetings from Monday for those who have been vaccinated and recovered until at least January 11th. If there is someone in a household without a corona vaccination, the existing rules remain unchanged: Only up to two people from another household are allowed to attend private meetings, children under 14 years are not counted.

Also in Lower Saxony Only groups of up to ten vaccinated and recovered people are allowed to meet – not including children. In Baden-Wuerttemberg From this Monday there will also be a curfew in the gastronomy from 10.30 p.m. to 5 a.m. On New Year’s Eve, curfew does not begin until 1:00 a.m.

In numerous German cities, opponents of Corona measures want to mobilize today, Monday. Demonstrations have been registered in several cities in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Brandenburg as well as in Mannheim in Baden-Württemberg. On Christmas Day, several hundred people protested against Corona regulations in Berlin and Schweinfurt.

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