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Restaurants in Hamburg may be allowed to open their outdoor catering earlier than previously planned.
A Senate spokesman confirmed corresponding plans to WELT.
First the "Hamburger Abendblatt" reported.
Instead of in four weeks at the earliest, as previously planned, a corresponding relaxation should be implemented no later than Pentecost, i.e. the end of next week.
Next Tuesday, the Senate wants to discuss the further opening steps.
The opening of outdoor restaurants could already be part of the second easing step.
It is not yet known why the Senate is deviating from its previous plans.
So far, he had taken an extremely uncompromising line in dealing with the corona restrictions.
This had recently been shown in view of the opening demands from the retail trade.
Several prominent Hamburg businessmen and numerous companies had criticized the current opening strategy of the Hanseatic city with a full-page advertisement at the beginning of the week.
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“Mr. Mayor, have you forgotten us?” Ask the dealers in big letters on a red background.
The companies have no understanding that the retail trade has been closed for five months and was not included in the first opening step in the Senate's step-by-step plan.
The Senate, on the other hand, had only announced this step for the end of next week.
"In this respect, I believe that the difference between what is required and how we plan it is not that great," said Grote in a Senate meeting.
It's only about five days.
Grote also emphasized that Hamburg initially needs a stable development in the seven-day incidence of new corona infections.
Hamburg is more hesitant than Schleswig-Holstein because the Hanseatic city has very high mobility and population density.
A yo-yo effect of the infection process must be prevented.
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In the neighboring federal state, innkeepers have been able to reopen their outdoor areas for a long time.
From Monday vaccinated, convalescent and tested people should even be able to visit restaurants inside.
There are no restrictions for travelers from other federal states.
Vacation rules expanded
In the north, the already lowest infection numbers in Germany had recently fallen further.
In future, ten people will be able to meet here outdoors instead of five.
In addition, the state government in Kiel will extend the holiday rules applicable to four model regions to the entire state from Monday.
If you want to stay overnight as a tourist in Schleswig-Holstein, you have to arrive with a fresh negative corona test and renew it every three days.
So far, vacationers in the north of the Schleiregion, Eckernförde and North Friesland have been allowed to vacation under strict Corona requirements such as tests in quick succession.