The Berlin Senate is extending its individual Corona Protection Ordinance and thus the applicable FFP2 mask requirement in local public transport and defined areas until July 27th. The decision was also met with criticism due to the high summer temperatures. In its meeting of the Berlin Senate on June 21, it was decided that the […]
Justice Minister Marco Buschmann has criticized the reintroduction of the mask requirement. So you first have to show through an expert opinion that this is also “evidence-based and proportionate”. Doctors official Frank Ulrich Montgomery objected. Federal Minister of Justice Marco Buschmann (FDP) has expressed skepticism about reintroducing the obligation to wear masks when the incidence […]
by Bernhard Loyen In December 2020, the media reported that the then Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) had “suddenly become Germany’s most popular politician”. So writes the Springer newspaper Welt: “In a poll on the popularity of politicians, Jens Spahn overtakes Angela Merkel. 52 percent of those polled hope that his policies will have the […]
On May 27, the Tagesschau headlined “FDP brakes on the obligation to wear a mask in autumn”, referring to a demand by the Federal Minister of Justice to check the effectiveness of the corona measures. Federal Health Minister Lauterbach, on the other hand, wants to create the basis for a new mask requirement. The responsible […]
Will it also be understood in this country soon what is already the norm elsewhere? While masks no longer have to be worn on flights and at airports in the EU since mid-May, masks are still compulsory in Germany. Now Lufthansa seems to be fighting back. The fact that masks are still compulsory in Germany […]
Masks are still compulsory on flights to and from Germany. The air traffic association demands that passengers should in future decide for themselves whether they want to wear mouth and nose protection or not. The nationwide mask requirement on airplanes is declared as necessary in the German Infection Protection Act (IfSG) for the time being […]
The conference of health ministers is urging timely preparations for the “corona wave from autumn” of this year. The primary goal is to revise the Infection Protection Act (IfSG) accordingly. The order of a general obligation to wear masks indoors is considered the most urgent measure. On May 16th, a video conference of the incumbent […]
In Germany, there are no plans to end the mask requirement in public transport for the time being, as government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit announced on Friday. Transport Minister Volker Wissing had previously spoken out in favor of ending the mask requirement on buses, trains and planes. For the time being, the federal government is not […]
Apr 22, 2022 5:24 p.m Medical associations and parts of politics suspect higher corona infection numbers in Germany. They are therefore calling for a renewed expansion of the mask requirement in social areas, after more and more specifications have recently been lifted. The chairman of the Federal Association of Physicians in the Public Health Service, […]