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Ms. Edenharter, in most federal states are allowed to

In future, people in hotspots will not be more than 15 kilometers from their homes - unless they have a valid reason.

Now the virus does not only spread from the 16th kilometer.

Is the rule necessary and suitable to contain the pandemic?

Andrea Edenharter:

From my point of view, the 15-kilometer rule is unconstitutional because there is no adequate legal basis for it.

The new Infection Protection Act allows exit and contact restrictions in public spaces, but the 15-kilometer rule is not an exit restriction in this sense.

The 15-kilometer rule will inevitably lead to people in hotspots ...