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Mainz (dpa / lrs) - The Rhineland-Palatinate hospitality industry has demanded from the state government equal treatment with other industries in relation to the corona restrictions.

The German Hotel and Restaurant Association (Dehoga) welcomes the fact that even in cities and districts with a seven-day incidence of more than 200 hairdressers are still allowed to allow customers with negative tests and contact recording.

"But then it must also apply: indoor restaurants and hotels are unlocked with negative tests," said the Rhineland-Palatinate Dehoga President Gereon Haumann on Thursday of the German press agency.

This test strategy is a simple and safe method to offer citizens more opportunities to participate in public life in times of higher incidences and thus also to increase the acceptance of the measures, said Haumann.

Since in this model only people who tested negatively meet people who have tested negative, this is more effective and sensible from the point of view of infection protection than pushing people back into their private sphere, where the rules are not observed, as experience has shown.

The Dehoga President also called on the state government that negative results should be valid for two days and not just 24 hours, as the tests would last 72 hours according to the manufacturer.

Since there should only be two tests per week for state employees, this suggests that the state government knows this 72-hour rule.

"Politicians seem to know that the tests last longer," said Haumann.

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In Rhineland-Palatinate, cities and counties with a seven-day incidence of more than 200 have had to follow strict rules since Thursday.

The retail trade - bookstores, hardware stores, flower shops, gardeners and gardeners - will then only be allowed to open to customers with an appointment.

Individual appointments are assigned by prior agreement, in which only people from one household are granted access at the same time.

The obligation to record contacts also applies.

Visits to the hairdresser are still possible with a negative quick test or self-test.

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Stricter rules for municipalities with incidence over 200