The secret has been revealed, the Hessian state government has announced the requirements with which it reacts to reaching the first corona warning level.
The quick test for the third G for entry into theaters, concerts and restaurants will now become a PCR test, and the test offer for employees will become mandatory in all companies with customer traffic.
And all of this within three days, from Thursday the regulation issued on Monday applies.
Wiesbaden proves its ability to act.
Or a bit of ruthlessness towards those who have to work with the new rules.
A weekend should have been in between in preparation for this.
Not to mention the fact that these guidelines could have been written into a plan long before the warning level was reached.
Whereby: A good month ago, when the federal and state governments said goodbye to the free citizen tests and even compulsory testing in schools was under discussion, it did not look like politics would recognize increased testing as a remedy again.
Transferring part of the responsibility
Either way, it has transferred another part of the responsibility in the fight against the pandemic to the entrepreneurs. The restaurateurs should now take a closer look at their guests and many employers should bring their workforce to the fore more than before. The latter did not receive any additional rights to the new obligation. The majority of employers still have no right to know who is vaccinated in the workforce and who is not. Asking everyone around and ticking off the list of names after meeting the 3-G criteria is still taboo out of consideration for the privacy of the employee and data protection.
The bosses of supermarkets, hairdressing salons, restaurants, newsagents, fitness studios, etc. can hope that their employees will voluntarily present them with vaccination cards or health certificates because they are not very keen on the regular tests.
If you don't reveal yourself, you now have to pick up cotton swabs at least twice a week - and this has to be documented without employers collecting too much data on the vaccination and health status of the workforce.
A tightrope walk.