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Not least thanks to the meanwhile significantly increased speed of the vaccination campaign, vacation prospects are again opening up in some federal states. However, there are loopholes in the regulations, which are likely to pose insoluble problems for families in particular when it comes to organizing travel. Fully vaccinated people in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania have been able to return to the state as day tourists or to go to their second home since Wednesday. However, no vaccine has yet been approved for children and adolescents. Those who are vaccinated and are allowed to go on vacation should leave their children at home in case of doubt.
Chancellery Minister Helge Braun also spoke in the debate about the return of basic rights to vaccinated and convalescent women and children. "We should make such a clear policy in the next few weeks and reduce the number of infections so much that there is no longer any great risk of infection for both children and pregnant women, namely for the general population as such, if they have contacts," said Braun .
The basic question of the coming weeks is: “Will we really manage to defeat the pandemic?” With a view to the debate about rights for vaccinated people, Braun said: “And if we can do that, then we don't need to be between such and such in society at all to differentiate. ”But if there is a continued high incidence of infections, then the dilemma remains that vaccinated people have a significantly reduced risk in contact, but there are other groups that have a very high risk.
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For countries where school holidays are about to begin, the debate comes too late. In addition to Saxony-Anhalt, it is about Hamburg - there will be no lessons there next week. But families can't do much with it - at least if they stay in the north and don't want to board a plane to Mallorca or Greece straight away. Because although Hamburg has the second lowest seven-day incidence of new corona infections in Germany, the citizens of the Hanseatic city are not welcomed in neighboring countries. For example, riding holidays are possible in Lower Saxony, but not for Hamburgers. The state government in Hanover only allows Lower Saxony themselves to ride in the horse country. Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is also unlikely to be an option for many families because of the regulations for vaccinated people.
Other federal states, such as Bavaria, want to allow holidays again during the Whitsun holidays in regions with low corona infection rates. Schleswig-Holstein will open partially and under strict guidelines from May 17th for vaccinated, convalescent and tested people. Tourists have to be tested for Corona there every three days.
It is regrettable that there is now a patchwork quilt in the various federal states, said the spokesman for Schwarzwald Tourismus GmbH, Wolfgang Weiler. “I'm actually afraid that the Black Forest will fall behind compared to Bavaria.” The hosts in the Black Forest, who normally account for 40 percent of tourist overnight stays in Baden-Württemberg, are now advised to allow bookings over Whitsun, but generously Granting cancellation conditions - "so that, if trips are allowed at short notice, the guests can come," said Weiler.