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Stricter contact restrictions in December, easing over Christmas - the new corona rules decided by the federal and state governments came into force in the federal states on Tuesday.
The current resolutions include the extension of the partial lockdown that is already in force.
The contact restrictions have been tightened slightly.
From now on, private gatherings are limited to a maximum of five people from your own household and one other household.
Children up to 14 years are not counted here.
The new measures should apply at least until December 20th.
"We need another effort," stressed Chancellor Angela Merkel last week after the consultations with the Prime Minister.
Corona rules at a glance
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Here you will find an overview of the rules currently in force in the federal states (in alphabetical order):
Baden-Wuerttemberg
Contact restrictions
While meetings with up to ten people were previously allowed, now only five people from no more than two households are allowed to meet.
Children under the age of 15 are not counted.
Exceptions apply to straight relatives (grandparents-parents-children) plus their partner - then there may be more than two households, but still only five people.
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Events
Events for entertainment are prohibited.
In order to avoid contagion in church services, the state government wants to speak to the religious communities.
Christmas
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For the holidays from December 23rd to 27th, the rules will be softened, then meetings of up to ten people are allowed - regardless of the degree of relationship and the number of households.
However, the state government is leaving a back door open in the advent calendar: The easing for Christmas is dependent on the pandemic, it is said.
In mid-December it should be checked again and then decided.
The hotels in Baden-Württemberg are also allowed to open on Christmas days to accommodate guests visiting families.
In order to avoid contacts, the Christmas holidays start on December 19th.
New Year's Eve
Immediately after Christmas, the rules in Baden-Württemberg will be tightened again - unlike in other countries.
What applies to New Year's Eve is still open.
Fireworks should be prohibited in busy places.
The cities and municipalities determine exactly where these prohibited zones are.
Mask requirement
The mask requirement now also applies at the workplace, provided that a distance of 1.5 meters cannot be maintained - for example in the kitchenette or in the stairwell.
From December it will also apply in front of shopping centers, shops and markets as well as the associated parking lots.
As before, you have to cover your mouth and nose in public transport and in retail.
Even in heavily frequented pedestrian areas such as shopping streets, pedestrian zones and squares, the mask is still mandatory if the distance cannot be maintained there.
Cemetery, hiking and other footpaths are now also included, provided there is a lot going on there.
Cities and municipalities can also specify locations.
businesses
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The trade remains open, but the requirements for larger stores are tightened.
In shops with a sales area of up to 800 square meters, a maximum of one person per 10 square meters of sales area is allowed.
In larger shops and department stores, there is a maximum of one person per 20 square meters from 801 square meters.
Supermarkets are exempt.
Restaurants, bars and more
Bars and restaurants (take-away sales are possible) remain closed, as do cinemas, climbing parks, concert halls or fitness studios.
Services
Cosmetic studios, massage practices, tattoo studios, nail studios and similar businesses will remain closed.
Hairdressers are allowed to open.
Schools and daycare centers
Unlike originally planned, the Christmas holidays will not start earlier.
It remains at the beginning of the holiday on December 23rd.
The state ministry announced on Tuesday that regular face-to-face lessons at the local schools are planned for grades 1 to 7.
However, the compulsory attendance for classes on December 21st and 22nd was suspended.
Parents could leave their children at home if they want to use the days leading up to Christmas to minimize contact.
Students from grade 8 should be taught distance learning.
In hotspots with very high incidences, there is likely to be a return to alternating classes.
The Ministry of Culture wants to clarify exactly how this should look in its own regulation.
Education Minister Susanne Eisenmann (CDU) had recently warned of childcare problems if classes were to be halved and taught alternately at home and at school.
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Hotspot strategy
The Ministry of Health is planning further contact restrictions and even general exit restrictions for regions with incidence values over 200. Citizens will then only be allowed to leave their homes “for good reasons”, for example for work, school, sports, shopping or visits to the doctor, according to a draft for a decree.
The districts of Lörrach, the Schwarzwald-Baar district, Tuttlingen, Pforzheim, Heilbronn and Mannheim are currently above the 200 mark.
The CDU side, however, is slowing down this hotspot strategy by Health Minister Manne Lucha (Greens), believing it to be half-baked.
However, curfews would already be possible locally under the Infection Protection Act.
Bavaria
Contact restrictions
As decided by the federal and state governments, private contacts are limited to a maximum of five people from two households.
Children up to 14 years are excluded.
Events
Events are prohibited.
Worship services and other gatherings of religious communities are permitted provided that rules (minimum distance, mask requirement) are observed.
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Christmas
Families and close friends should be able to celebrate Christmas and most likely New Year's Eve together.
From December 23rd to January 1st “at the longest”, meetings with close family and friends should be possible, up to a maximum of ten people, excluding children up to 14 years of age.
New Year's Eve
Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) did not rule out that stricter rules could apply again on New Year's Eve.
There will be an update in mid-December.
New Year's Eve fireworks are to be avoided, and “the use of pyrotechnics is prohibited in busy squares and streets”.
Mask requirement
In future, it will also be mandatory to wear a mask in front of shops and in parking lots.
businesses
The trade remains open.
In shops with a sales area of up to 800 square meters, a maximum of one person per 10 square meters of sales area may be present.
In larger shops and department stores, there is a maximum of one person per 20 square meters from 801 square meters.
Restaurants, bars and more
Bars and restaurants (take-away sales are possible) remain closed, as do cinemas, climbing parks, concert halls or fitness studios.
Services
Cosmetic studios, massage practices, tattoo studios, nail studios and similar businesses will remain closed.
Hairdressers are allowed to open.
Schools and daycare centers
In Bavarian counties and urban districts with a corona incidence of more than 200, school classes from level eight onwards usually have to be divided from December 1st if minimum distances cannot be maintained.
It should then be switched to alternating or hybrid instruction.
Exceptions are final classes and special schools.
Primary schools and daycare centers remain open, and nothing changes until the seventh grade.
Colleges and universities should basically switch to digital teaching, with exceptions, for example, for laboratory activities or exams.
Hotspot strategy
In addition, 200 music and driving schools in hotspot regions above the mark will have to close, and alcohol will be banned all day in certain public places.
Markets and weekly markets have to close, except for food sales.
In districts and urban districts with a seven-day incidence of more than 300 - that is, of more than 300 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in the past seven days - the local authorities should be able to impose further strict requirements and restrictions, including exit restrictions and others Restrictions in schools.
Berlin
Contact restrictions
In line with the federal-state resolution, the contact restrictions have been tightened.
Because of the infection situation, private get-togethers with friends, relatives and acquaintances are then limited to a maximum of five people in your own household and in another household.
So far, there is an upper limit of ten people.
Children up to 12 years are exempt.
Christmas
In contrast to other federal states, the contact restrictions at Christmas in Berlin are not relaxed.
A maximum of five people are allowed to meet for private gatherings over the holidays, with no specifications being made as to how many households they come from.
New Year's Eve
There will be no easing on New Year's Eve either.
There should be no general ban on firecrackers, but there should be no fireworks in busy places.
Mask requirement
The mask requirement on the street is being expanded.
In future, it must also be observed in parking lots, in the immediate vicinity of shops, service and craft businesses and in public queues.
businesses
In shops with a sales area of up to 800 square meters, a maximum of one person per 10 square meters of sales area may be present.
In larger shops and department stores, there is a maximum of one person per 20 square meters from 801 square meters.
Restaurants, bars and more
Bars and restaurants (take-away sales are possible) remain closed, as do cinemas, climbing parks, concert halls or fitness studios.
Services
Cosmetic studios, massage practices, tattoo studios, nail studios and similar businesses will remain closed.
Hairdressers are allowed to open.
Schools and daycare centers
Schools in Berlin are to be enabled to switch to so-called hybrid lessons in higher grades on a voluntary basis, in which students learn alternately in school and at home.
This should apply to grammar schools and secondary schools from grade 8, but not to final years.
Hotspot strategy
Berlin is still a corona hotspot.
The seven-day incidence was 206.9 on Monday, according to the Senate.
Therefore the rules had to be tightened.
Brandenburg
Contact restrictions
From December 1st to December 21st, private meetings will be limited to a maximum of five people from two households - not including children under 14 years of age.
So far, up to ten people from two households have been allowed to come together.
Christmas and New Years Eve
Up to ten people from any number of households can meet from December 23 to 27.
From December 27th, Brandenburg will return to the 5-person rule - including on New Year's Eve.
Counties and urban districts can order a ban on fireworks.
Mask requirement
The obligation to wear masks for everyone from the age of six is extended to all publicly accessible rooms.
These include banks, post offices, authorities and hospitals.
The obligation also applies outdoors - wherever many people come together, for example in pedestrian zones.
The municipalities are responsible for where exactly.
businesses
In shops with a sales area of up to 800 square meters, a maximum of one person per 10 square meters of sales area may be present.
In larger shops and department stores, there is a maximum of one person per 20 square meters from 801 square meters.
Restaurants, bars and more
Bars and restaurants (take-away sales are possible) remain closed, as do cinemas, climbing parks, concert halls or fitness studios.
Services
Cosmetic studios, massage practices, tattoo studios, nail studios and similar businesses will remain closed.
Hairdressers are allowed to open.
Schools and daycare centers
Like daycare centers, schools should remain open.
In the future, however, pupils from the seventh grade onwards will also have to wear a mask, except for physical education classes and Abitur exams.
So far, the mask requirement applied to high school students in high schools and high school centers.
Brandenburg goes beyond the federal-state decision on Wednesday.
In future, teachers and the rest of the school staff in Brandenburg will have to wear a mouth and nose cover throughout the school and in the school yard.
Bremen
Contact restrictions
From December 1st to December 21st, private meetings will be limited to a maximum of five people from two households - not including children under 14 years of age.
Christmas and New Years Eve
Meetings of up to ten people are possible with close family and friends.
Street sales of mulled wine are prohibited.
The relaxation of the contact restriction applies until January 1st.
Mask requirement
The mask requirement in public transport and in retail shops remains mandatory.
It also applies in train stations and forecourt.
businesses
In shops with a sales area of up to 800 square meters, a maximum of one person per 10 square meters of sales area may be present.
In larger shops and department stores, there is a maximum of one person per 20 square meters from 801 square meters.
Restaurants, bars and more
Bars and restaurants (take-away sales are possible) remain closed, as do cinemas, climbing parks, concert halls or fitness studios.
Services
Cosmetic studios, massage practices, tattoo studios, nail studios and similar businesses will remain closed.
Hairdressers are allowed to open.
Schools and daycare centers
In schools, a mask is required from the seventh grade onwards.
In corona hotspots with a 7-day incidence of more than 200, the school authorities should take further measures such as changing classes in upper grades.
Hamburg
Contact restrictions
In Hamburg, a maximum of five people from two households are allowed to meet privately until December 20;
so far there have been ten people.
Children up to 14 years of age are excluded from the rule.
Christmas and New Years Eve
From December 23 to January 1, ten people from four households should be able to celebrate together.
Children up to 14 years are exempt from the rule.
The relaxation also applies to New Year's Eve.
Fireworks are prohibited in busy public places and streets.
Mask requirement
There is a stricter mask requirement, which has been extended to all publicly accessible buildings.
Mouth and nose protection must now also be worn in queues and in parking lots in front of shops as well as in crowds.
businesses
In shops with a sales area of up to 800 square meters, a maximum of one person per 10 square meters of sales area may be present.
In larger shops, from 801 square meters, there is a maximum of one person per 20 square meters.
Restaurants, bars and more
Bars and restaurants (take-away sales are possible) remain closed, as do cinemas, climbing parks, concert halls or fitness studios.
Services
Cosmetic studios, massage practices, tattoo studios, nail studios and similar businesses will remain closed.
Hairdressers are allowed to open.
Hesse
Contact restrictions
Contacts in public spaces are now limited to five people from two households.
Associated children under the age of 14 are excluded.
Up to now, up to ten people from a maximum of two households were allowed.
Since apartments are a particularly protected and private area, Hesse restricts itself to the urgent recommendation to limit contacts in the same way.
Christmas and New Years Eve
The extension of the partial lockdown is initially set until December 20th.
For the Christmas holidays and New Year's Eve, Prime Minister Volker Bouffier (CDU) has already promised that families and friends will be able to meet again in a somewhat larger group.
Mask requirement
Masks are still required on busy streets and open-air spaces if the minimum distance of 1.5 meters cannot be ensured.
The mask must also be worn in public buildings.
The mask requirement also applies to covered streets in shopping centers, covered shopping arcades, weekly and Christmas markets, flea and antique markets as well as in front of the shops and in the associated parking areas.
businesses
In shops with a sales area of up to 800 square meters, a maximum of one person per 10 square meters of sales area may be present.
In larger shops, from 801 square meters, there is a maximum of one person per 20 square meters.
There is no limit to the number of customers at weekly and specialty markets.
Restaurants, bars and more
Bars and restaurants (take-away sales are possible) remain closed, as do cinemas, climbing parks, concert halls or fitness studios.
Services
Cosmetic studios, massage practices, tattoo studios, nail studios and similar businesses will remain closed.
Hairdressers are allowed to open.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Contact restrictions
The contact restrictions will be tightened from December 1st.
Then only a maximum of five people from two households are allowed to meet.
Children under 14 do not count.
Up to ten people were allowed to meet beforehand.
Christmas and New Years Eve
Ten people can meet from December 23, 2020 to January 1, 2021, whereby children up to 14 years of age are not counted.
Outside guests are allowed to stay in a hotel or holiday apartment for a maximum of three nights.
Mask requirement
The mask requirement applies in public transport as well as in the interior of supermarkets and other shops.
businesses
The stricter rules for business are not implemented in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
The federal and state governments had decided that in shops with a sales area of up to 800 square meters there should be no more than one person per 10 square meters of sales area.
In the case of shops that are larger, a maximum of one person per 20 square meters of sales area may come onto the additional area.
Restaurants, bars and more
Bars and restaurants (take-away sales are possible) remain closed, as do cinemas, climbing parks, concert halls or fitness studios.
Services
The providers of body-friendly services can hope to be able to reopen on Saturday (December 5th).
This is to be decided on Friday (December 4th).
The prerequisite for this are falling numbers of infections.
theatre
The theaters in MV are allowed to perform their Christmas fairy tales from Tuesday, but otherwise have to remain closed until December 20th.
Only students are allowed to watch.
Daycare children are not allowed to come.
Lower Saxony
Contact restrictions
The upper limit for meetings - whether in public or at home - drops from ten to five participants from a maximum of two households.
Children under 14 years of age are excluded from the count, and the household rule does not apply to relatives.
Christmas and New Years Eve
From December 23rd to January 1st, the limit will be raised again to ten people out of consideration for the holidays.
In order to avoid large gatherings at the turn of the year, fireworks are prohibited in busy places.
The municipalities determine which places are affected.
Organizing fireworks for the public is also prohibited.
Mask requirement
For the first time in Lower Saxony, the mask requirement is also being extended to workplaces.
The mask may only be removed at the workplace if the distance to other people can be maintained there.
This does not apply to manual or other physically demanding jobs that do not allow wearing a mask.
businesses
For businesses with a sales area of no more than 800 square meters, the requirement remains that ten square meters must be available for each customer.
However, larger stores have had to allow even more distance since Tuesday - 20 square meters per customer in relation to the area that exceeds the 800 square meters.
Restaurants, bars and more
Bars and restaurants (take-away sales are possible) remain closed, as do cinemas, climbing parks, concert halls or fitness studios.
Services
Cosmetic studios, massage practices, tattoo studios, nail studios and similar businesses will remain closed.
Hairdressers are allowed to open.
schools
If the seven-day value of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in a municipality is more than 200, the mask requirement for pupils and teachers also applies in class, even in primary schools.
At the same time, with such a widespread infection process, alternating lessons come into play, in which the students are divided into study groups and alternately taught at school and at home.
Truck driver
With the new regulation, truck drivers can again be entertained at motorway service stations.
This will improve the availability of sanitary facilities and make it easier for drivers to comply with break and rest times, said Economics Minister Bernd Althusmann (CDU).
After all, truck traffic is "an indispensable part of logistics" for supplying the population.
North Rhine-Westphalia
Contact restrictions
Only up to five members from two different households are allowed to meet in public spaces, not including children up to 14 years of age.
Christmas and New Years Eve
In the period from December 23 to January 1, a meeting with close family or friends with a maximum of ten people is permitted - again, children up to and including 14 years of age are not counted.
These people are also allowed to stay in hotels and pensions.
Public fireworks are prohibited at the turn of the year.
The municipalities also set up no firecrackers zones.
Mask requirement
The mask requirement now also applies in front of shops and in parking lots.
businesses
In shops with a total sales area of more than 800 square meters, the number of customers per square meter is restricted.
Restaurants, bars and more
Bars and restaurants (take-away sales are possible) remain closed, as do cinemas, climbing parks, concert halls or fitness studios.
Services
Cosmetic studios, massage practices, tattoo studios, nail studios and similar businesses will remain closed.
Hairdressers are allowed to open.
Hotspot strategy
As before, there is no strategy for municipalities with a value of more than 200 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within a week, criticized SPD parliamentary group leader Thomas Kutschaty.
Rhineland-Palatinate
Contact restrictions
Private gatherings are limited to your own household and one other household with a maximum of five people.
Children under the age of 14 are not included.
Christmas and New Years Eve
In mid-December, a decision is to be made on a new Corona regulation with specific rules for the time over the Christmas holidays until after New Year's Eve.
The plan is to allow a household to meet with non-household family members or people outside the household of up to ten people from December 23 to January 1.
Children up to the age of 14 should not count here either.
Mask requirement
There is an extended mask requirement in the open air in places where people meet in a confined space.
A mask is also required at the workplace if a minimum distance of 1.50 meters cannot be maintained.
businesses
In shops with a total sales area of more than 800 square meters, the number of customers per square meter is restricted.
Restaurants, bars and more
Bars and restaurants (take-away sales are possible) remain closed, as do cinemas, climbing parks, concert halls or fitness studios.
Services
Cosmetic studios, massage practices, tattoo studios, nail studios and similar businesses will remain closed.
Hairdressers are allowed to open.
Retirement and nursing homes
Visitor rules are tightened in old people's and nursing homes.
Only one visitor per day is allowed to visit the resident of a nursing home.
Two visitors per day are only allowed if they come from the same household.
Visitors must also wear an FFP2 mask at all times during their visit.
A so-called quick test should be carried out once a week for all employees - even in the non-nursing area.
If the incidence of infection in the district or urban district in which the home is located is above the national average, there should be two tests per week.
Saarland
Contact restrictions
Private meetings are limited to a maximum of five people from your own household and one other household, not including children under 14 years of age.
Meetings in public spaces are also limited to a maximum of five people from two households;
so far the number had been a maximum of ten people.
Christmas and New Years Eve
For Christmas and New Year's Eve, the contact restrictions are due to be relaxed: From December 23 to January 1 at the latest, meetings up to an upper limit of ten people should be made possible from more than two households.
Under the new ordinance, the local police are allowed to prohibit the setting off of fireworks in busy squares and streets.
Public fireworks are banned.
Mask requirement
The mask requirement will be expanded: In the future, mouth and nose cover must also be worn in front of shops and in the associated parking lots.
In addition, according to the information, this generally applies to closed rooms that are accessible to the public or as part of customer traffic, in offices and factories.
This does not apply to one's own workplace, provided the minimum distance is maintained.
businesses
In shops with a total sales area of more than 800 square meters, the number of customers per square meter is restricted.
Restaurants, bars and more
Bars and restaurants (take-away sales are possible) remain closed, as do cinemas, climbing parks, concert halls or fitness studios.
Services
Cosmetic studios, massage practices, tattoo studios, nail studios and similar businesses will remain closed.
Hairdressers are allowed to open.
Schools and daycare centers
Schools and daycare centers should remain open.
In schools in Saarland, masking is compulsory from the 5th grade onwards.
Saxony
Contact restrictions
According to the Corona Protection Ordinance, a maximum of five people from two households are allowed to meet publicly and privately.
Children up to 14 are not counted.
Christmas and New Years Eve
From December 23, the contact restrictions will be relaxed.
Then ten people from family and friends can meet.
According to the Ministry of Social Affairs, those who visit relatives in Saxony at Christmas can also stay in hotels and pensions.
businesses
In shops with a total sales area of more than 800 square meters, the number of customers per square meter is restricted.
Restaurants, bars and more
Bars and restaurants (take-away sales are possible) remain closed, as do cinemas, climbing parks, concert halls or fitness studios.
Services
Cosmetic studios, massage practices, tattoo studios, nail studios and similar businesses will remain closed.
Hairdressers are allowed to open.
schools
Schools and daycare centers generally remain open.
At 200 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants, regular operations are to be restricted.
That means: fixed groups with fixed supervisors in the daycare centers.
From grade 7 onwards, a mask is required in class.
At the primary schools there should be class teacher lessons with fixed classes, at secondary schools alternating lessons are possible.
There may be exception rules for graduating classes.
Hotspot strategy
If the value of 200 new infections within seven days per 100,000 inhabitants (incidence value) is exceeded for five days in a row, the municipalities must take further measures.
This includes that the house or apartment may only be left “for good reasons”.
Good reasons include going to the doctor, to work, to shopping, to daycare and school as well as to the allotment garden.
In addition, districts and cities must issue alcohol bans in public places.
A 15-kilometer radius is permitted for sports and exercise.
The majority of the districts have already issued or announced corresponding general decrees, as has the city of Chemnitz.
Even from an incidence of 50, districts and urban districts should still adopt measures such as alcohol bans and the limitation of the number of participants at meetings.
The 50 mark is currently tearing all ten districts as well as the major cities of Dresden, Chemnitz and Leipzig.
Saxony-Anhalt
Contact restrictions
From Tuesday on, nationwide only five instead of ten people will be allowed to meet.
Children under the age of 14 are not counted.
In Saxony-Anhalt, the state ordinance does not limit the number of households.
However, all citizens are asked to keep contact with people who do not live with them to a minimum.
The Sachsen-Anhalter should refrain from unnecessary private trips and visits, including from relatives.
Christmas and New Years Eve
The rules that apply between Christmas and New Year will be decided in mid-December.
businesses
In shops with a total sales area of more than 800 square meters, the number of customers per square meter is restricted.
Restaurants, bars and more
Bars and restaurants (take-away sales are possible) remain closed, as do cinemas, climbing parks, concert halls or fitness studios.
Services
Cosmetic studios, massage practices, tattoo studios, nail studios and similar businesses will remain closed.
Hairdressers are allowed to open.
schools
From the seventh grade onwards, pupils must now also wear a mouth and nose cover in class.
According to the state ordinance, there is no mask requirement in school sports.
So far there is only a mask requirement for everyone on the school premises, but explicitly not in class.
Representatives of teachers, parents and students had repeatedly called for an introduction to reduce the risk of infection.
Sports
Saxony-Anhalt grants a cautious opening in the area of children's and youth sports.
There, training in groups of up to five people including the supervisor or trainer will be possible.
Health Minister Petra Grimm-Benne (SPD) said that should also apply to ballet and dance lessons.
Schleswig-Holstein
Contact restrictions
When it comes to contact restrictions, Schleswig-Holstein continues its own course and does not follow federal-state decisions.
In December, including Christmas and New Year's Eve, the previous ten-person contact rule still applies in the north.
This means that a maximum of ten people from two households can meet in public.
In the private sector, there should be a maximum of ten people from up to ten households, but the recommendation is two households - including children.
Christmas and New Years Eve
People who want to visit relatives in Schleswig-Holstein over Christmas are allowed to stay in the hotel.
From December 23rd to 27th, a maximum of two nights is allowed.
Mask requirement
The mask requirement has been tightened.
It is now also valid in train stations or forecourt and at bus stops, schools and companies.
In schools, in addition to the students, the teachers have had to put on a mask in class and in the teachers' room since Monday.
businesses
In Schleswig-Holstein the fact remains that one customer is allowed to stay in shops per ten square meters.
The federal-state resolution provided for the area in large shops to be expanded to 20 square meters per customer.
Restaurants, bars and more
Bars and restaurants (take-away sales are possible) remain closed, as do cinemas, climbing parks, concert halls or fitness studios.
Animal parks are allowed to reopen.
Services
Nail, cosmetic and massage studios are allowed to reopen.
Thuringia
Contact restrictions
Private meetings with friends, relatives and acquaintances are now limited to your own household and to one other household.
A maximum of five people are allowed to come together.
Children up to 14 years do not count.
Christmas and New Years Eve
The partial lockdown with the further closure of restaurants, hotels, cultural, sports and leisure facilities is initially valid until December 20th.
The state government still wants to decide whether there will be easing for Christmas and New Year's Eve - depending on the infection rate.
The goal, however, is to allow a maximum of ten people for family and friends meetings from December 23rd to January 1st at the latest.
Mask requirement
It applies in all closed rooms that are publicly accessible or where there is public traffic.
In addition, it can be set by the municipalities for city centers.
A mouth and nose covering must also be worn outside retail stores and in parking lots.
It must also be created in factories and offices if the minimum distance of 1.5 meters cannot be safely maintained, but not directly at the workplace.
businesses
In stores with a sales area of up to 800 square meters, a maximum of one customer per ten square meters is allowed.
In stores with more than 800 square meters, a maximum of one customer can be let in per 20 square meters.
Restaurants, bars and more
Bars and restaurants (take-away sales are possible) remain closed, as do cinemas, climbing parks, concert halls or fitness studios.
Services
Cosmetic studios, massage practices, tattoo studios, nail studios and similar businesses will remain closed.
Hairdressers are allowed to open.
Schools and kindergartens
To reduce contact, there will be fixed daycare groups and fixed classes with dedicated educators and teachers from December.
In the Thuringian tier system, the facilities across the country will switch to yellow in December.
Thuringia takes a special route during the Christmas holidays and does not prefer the holidays for all pupils like other federal states.
The Ministry of Education is sticking to the start of the holidays on December 23.
Older students from grade 7 should stay at home from December 21st and receive distance lessons until January 10th.
The federal and state governments had agreed on December 18 as the last day of school.
Hotspot strategy
If 100 or 200 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants are exceeded regionally within seven days, the municipalities can decide tougher cuts - in the Hildburghausen district, for example, schools and daycare centers are currently closed.