The unveiling of the regulations, which also includes the new requirement to wear an N95 mask when making long-distance travel, by bus and plane, coincided with the release of images showing Germany’s Chancellor and Economy Minister Robert Habeck flying to Canada last week without dressing in a mask.
The photographs sparked a strong public outcry of a popular double calling for politicians and ordinary people. Currently, medical masks are mandatory on airplanes and public transport, N95 type masks are recommended.
Justice Minister Marco Buschmann and Health Minister Karl Lauterbach told reporters that pandemic-specific regulations that apply to the German Air Force, which operates government flights, have been respectable and that everyone on the flight, which also included German business leaders and journalists, took a PCR before boarding the plane.
However, the Minister of Justice admitted that “politically, he would propose to us as a federal government to apply the same regulations that apply elsewhere. “
“Because otherwise, of course, there’s a sense that you’re in a position to impose on citizens something that you don’t need to impose on yourself,” Buschmann added. “And that’s why I can also perceive to some extent that we communicate a lot about it. “
In addition to the mandatory use of N95 masks when traveling long distances, the new measures, which will apply from October 1 to April 7, will also come with a national legal responsibility to wear a mask and verify it before hospitals, nursing homes and the like. establishments for vulnerable people.
Beyond that, Germany’s 16 states will have the strength to adopt their own regulations depending on the severity of the virus’ effect on their regions. State governments can also simply make the decision to require masks on local public transportation, in schools for students fifth grade and older, and at indoor public events. If the virus spreads widely again, the number of other people at public events may be limited and testing may be required.
The Minister of Justice under pressure that there would be no more school closures or closures, regardless of how the pandemic evolved the seasons without bloodshed.
“Students are in fact the organization that has suffered the most from the pandemicArray. . . especially in terms of exercising their right to education, especially in terms of school closures,” Buschmann said. “And that’s why I’m also glad we’ve been able to temporarily accept that the tool of school closures is absolutely disproportionate. “
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