Corona and Carnival do not go well together, the fools can already sing a sad song about it in the second session.

Just in time for the start of the session on November 11th.

North Rhine-Westphalia has modified its Corona Protection Ordinance to be on the safe side.

There it now states, among other things, whoever wants to take part in "Carnival events and comparable traditional events with singing, swaying or dancing indoors" and has neither been vaccinated nor recovered must have a PCR test that is no more than 24 hours old or a quick test that is no more than six hours old .

In return, revelers are allowed to drop their masks, i.e. forego mouth and nose protection.

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Political correspondent in North Rhine-Westphalia.

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However, in many municipalities, much stricter rules apply not only in pubs and halls. In the funky stronghold of Cologne, the city crisis team has tightened the corona regime as a precaution. The 2-G rule applies in the old town and the party districts. So everyone has to be vaccinated or recovered there, no matter how fresh a test is, it is not enough. Just as consistently as in Cologne, checks should also be carried out in Düsseldorf when Hoppeditz awakens in front of the town hall; there, too, 2 G applies.

In the two cities alone, tens of thousands of visitors are expected on Thursday, which is why the proven Corona warning Karl Lauterbach (SPD) fears that the carnival could become a "super spreader event". Every canceled indoor event is a good event. The North Rhine-Westphalian Interior Minister Herbert Reul (CDU) therefore published an “appeal to open the session 2021” on Wednesday. A year ago, the eleventh in the eleventh was a quiet day, and this year too, you have to “always do it halfway”. If the corona rules are violated, the police will also intervene at the start of the session, as they did on Halloween. "This year, distance and decency are more part of the costumes than ever." 

The fact that the test measures are effective was shown shortly before the start of the carnival in Cologne.

There, the designated Cologne Carnival Prince tested positive for the corona virus.

The Cologne Carnival Festival Committee therefore canceled all appearances for the triumvirate in the coming days on Wednesday evening.

The double-vaccinated designated Prince Sven Oleff has no symptoms and feels good under the circumstances, it said in a message.