Corona loosening: More and more federal states want to extend the rules

In view of the increasing number of infections nationwide, several countries want to extend existing corona restrictions until April 2nd.

Such a transitional period is part of a draft by the federal government, which generally only provides for fewer general protection rules from March 20th.

In

, the cabinet decided on Tuesday that the previous 2G and 3G access rules and mask requirements should also remain in schools or in retail until April 2nd.

also

wants to use the transition period, as Deputy Prime Minister Thomas Strobl (CDU) announced in Stuttgart.

wants to make use of the transitional arrangement, as a government spokesman said in Erfurt on Tuesday.

That was decided by the cabinet.

's state government also

wants to continue the existing corona protection measures in daycare centers and schools until April 2nd.

The cabinet in Dresden has agreed on this.

In addition, an FFP2 mask requirement indoors - for example when shopping, in museums and on local public transport - should be maintained, said State Secretary for Health Dagmar Neukirch.

There should also be some access restrictions.

As can be seen from the cornerstones of the new Corona Protection Ordinance, the mask requirement in school buildings should also remain in place.

However, students from grade 5 and up still do not have to wear a mask in class.

The obligation to test twice a week for school attendance should also be adhered to.

This is also planned in the north.

had already announced such a step.

According to the health authorities in Hamburg, the current regulation is to be extended unchanged this Friday.

The background is also the end of the spring break with an expected increase in the number of infections, which would otherwise coincide with the largely end of the measures in the Hanseatic city on March 20th.

In

, the state government wants to present a transitional regulation in the course of the week, which should apply until April 2nd.

“We extend almost everything we have”

is also

planning to use the possible transitional arrangement until April 2nd.

However, a concrete decision by the CDU/FDP state government is only expected once the Bundestag has voted on the future Infection Protection Act.

Among other things, it is expected that in NRW the mask requirement in schools should continue to apply.

The draft presented by Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach (SPD) and Minister of Justice Marco Buschmann (FDP) provides for a two-week transition period to avoid gaps in regulation and protection.

According to this, previous regulations of the countries such as further mask requirements or access rules such as 2G and 3G can remain in place until April 2nd - with the exception of contact restrictions or upper limits for participants for events.

The transitional period should also be able to be used to seal new rules.

Lauterbach encouraged the federal states to use the transition period.

They could then rely on the planned regulations for regions with a high incidence.

“The countries have to tackle it.

Some states, such as Brandenburg, have now done so.

They go forward and say: We're extending almost everything we have and then we'll take the new hotspot regulations," he said on ARD.

The cabinet in

agreed on Tuesday to extend certain corona rules until April 2, but does not want to deal with the specific design until Thursday.

The

state government initially extended the current regulation until March 31st.

This was done as a precaution in order to be able to react quickly to possible changes in federal law, the Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday.