Several federal states want to extend corona rules until April 2nd

2G sign in Munich

Bavaria will retain the previous 2G and 3G access rules and mask requirements in schools or in retail until April 2nd.

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Berlin A transitional period is part of a draft by the federal government, which generally only provides for fewer general protection rules from March 20th. In Bavaria, the cabinet decided on Tuesday that the previous 2G and 3G access rules and mask requirements should also remain in schools or in retail until April 2nd. Baden-Württemberg wants to use the transition period, as Deputy Prime Minister Thomas Strobl (CDU) announced in Stuttgart.

Thuringia wants to make use of the transitional arrangement, as a government spokesman said in Erfurt on Tuesday. That was decided by the cabinet. This is also planned in the north.

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania had already announced such a step. According to the health authorities in Hamburg, the current regulation is to be extended unchanged this Friday. The background is also the end of the spring break with an expected increase in the number of infections, which would otherwise coincide with the largely end of the measures in the Hanseatic city on March 20th. In Lower Saxony, the state government wants to present a transitional regulation in the course of the week, which should apply until April 2nd.

According to information from the German Press Agency, North Rhine-Westphalia is also planning to use the possible transitional arrangement until April 2nd. However, a concrete decision by the CDU/FDP state government is only expected once the Bundestag has voted on the future Infection Protection Act. Among other things, it is expected that in NRW the mask requirement in schools should continue to apply.

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The draft presented by Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) and Justice Minister Marco Buschmann (FDP) provides for a two-week transition period to avoid gaps in regulation and protection.

According to this, previous regulations of the countries such as further mask requirements or access rules such as 2G and 3G can remain in place until April 2nd – with the exception of contact restrictions or upper limits for participants for events. The transitional period should also be able to be used to seal new rules.
Lauterbach encouraged the federal states to use the transition period.

They could then rely on the planned regulations for regions with a high incidence. “The countries have to tackle it. Some states, such as Brandenburg, have now done so. They go forward and say: We’re extending almost everything we have and then we’ll take the new hotspot regulations,” he said on ARD.

The Saarland state government initially extended the current regulation until March 31st. This was done as a precautionary measure in order to be able to react quickly to possible changes in federal law, the Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday.

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