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Berlin (dpa) - The director of the Berliner Ensemble, Oliver Reese, is critical of the new rules in the fight against the pandemic.
"The Infection Protection Act is a catastrophe for us and for all of culture," he told the German Press Agency on Thursday.
The blanket ban on all events, whether indoors or outdoors, based solely on incidences, makes all plans impossible, even for smaller outdoor formats in summer.
The Bundestag launched a nationwide emergency brake on Wednesday.
The decisive factor is how many infections are reported in a district or a city per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days.
If the value exceeds the threshold of 100 on three consecutive days, stricter measures should apply.
Then, for example, theaters, operas, concert halls, music clubs, cinemas, museums, exhibitions and memorials should not be allowed to open in the regions, and corresponding events are also prohibited.
This should apply until the seven-day incidence is again below 100 for several days.
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That makes planning for theaters difficult, for example.
"It is shocking that the importance of culture for politics in Germany is so low and that the most important cultural politicians and associations were not heard in advance," criticized Reese.
The theaters in Berlin have been closed for around six months.
The German Cultural Council had also wished for more leeway for open-air events before the Bundestag deliberations.
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