Corona: The most important questions about the FFP2 mask requirement

From Monday, Bavaria will be introducing an obligation to wear FFP2 masks on buses, trains and in shops.

The masks not only protect other people, but also those who wear them, said Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) on Tuesday after a meeting of the state cabinet in Munich.

Economics Minister Hubert Aiwanger (Free Voters) sees the use of FFP2 masks in places where people outside the family come closer to reduce the risk of infection.

He also justified the regulation by stating that the masks would enable economic sectors such as trade to be reopened.

They are thus an alternative to "another week-long extension" of the lockdown.

Because the duty comes quite abruptly, however, many questions arise.

WELT answers the most important.