Coronavirus in Berlin: Incidence climbs to 685.7 – hospital numbers are also increasing – Berlin
Because of the particularly contagious coronavirus variant, Omikron apply to Restaurants, cafes or pubs in Berlin soon stricter corona access rules: only Boosted or double vaccinated people with a daily test come in. The federal and state governments decided on Friday. The Berlin Senate wants that according to the words of the ruling mayor Franziska Giffey (SPD) implement quickly. He will meet next Tuesday.
Giffey hopes that the stricter 2G-plus rules will not only provide more security against infections, but also more Momentum for the ongoing Corona booster vaccination campaign. “This is a desired incentive, which we also want, after the federal-state consultations. Because people with a booster vaccination would have more protection and a milder course of disease in the pandemic if they were infected with corona.
During the consultations with Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) against the background of the feared Omikron wave, the Prime Ministers of the federal states agreed on uniform, stricter requirements for visits to restaurants or cafés. Vaccinated and convalescent (2G) & therefore additionally a negative test or a booster vaccination prove. Unvaccinated people have not been allowed in the catering trade for a long time.
Giffey pointed out that the 2G plus issue had been viewed with concern in advance in the industry. But it was all about a test as a plus. The rule now adopted also includes that Boosters as a plus. “I think that’s a way of actually implementing it here in moderation,” says Giffey. “We are moving in the direction of 50 percent boosted.”
It is important to her that the Confederation promised help for the additional effort that the company would have to implement new requirements. “If, on the other hand, we impose additional restrictions or additional rules and control requirements, then on the other hand the signal must also go out that there is support,” says Giffey. “And this signal goes to the economy today.” Loud The federal-state resolution can give companies material and personnel costs that are due to an increased control effort due to access rules, with the new bridging aid IV make a contract. In addition to gastronomy, this also applies to retail.
Giffey had also campaigned for the new 2G-plus rule in gastronomy after Health Senator Ulrike Gote (Greens) discussed such a procedure at the beginning of the week. At its next meeting on Tuesday, the Berlin Senate should then also implement the new federal-state agreement on quarantine in the state’s Infection Protection Ordinance.
So will die Quarantine for contact persons and the isolation of corona infected people shortened and simplified. In the future, contact persons will be exempted from quarantine if they have a booster vaccination, have been newly vaccinated twice, have been vaccinated and have recovered, or have recently recovered. A period of up to three months is gold-plated as “fresh”. For everyone else, isolation or quarantine should generally end after ten days if they do not allow themselves to be “tested” beforehand. That works after seven days. This is also intended to ensure that the critical infrastructure is able to work, including in the health sector, the police or the fire brigade.
A decision could also be made in Berlin next week a tightening of the mask requirement. Giffey and Gote had been promoting it in the past few days, for example in Buses and trains or only FFP2 masks in stores prescribe. This would offer more protection than the simpler surgical masks that are currently allowed in addition to the FFP2 masks. Giffey had already stated on Tuesday that, from her point of view, the likelihood of such a Senate decision was high.
The federal and state governments agreed on Friday no such tightening, but an urgent recommendation to use the FFP2 mask when shopping in stores and when using local and long-distance public transport. (dpa)