Wiesbaden (dpa / lhe) - In the fight against the corona pandemic, the mask requirement in Hesse is to be tightened.

In the future, a more effective mask requirement should be introduced in public transport and shops with medical masks, announced Prime Minister Volker Bouffier (CDU) on Tuesday evening in Wiesbaden after the federal-state switch.

The decision paper speaks of so-called surgical masks or mouth and nose covers with the standards KN95 / N95 or FFP2.