(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Most of the epidemic restrictions in Germany are cancelled. Experts recommend voluntary wearing of masks indoors
China News Agency, Berlin, April 3 (Reporter Ma Xiuxiu) The transition period stipulated in Germany's new epidemic prevention and protection law expires on the 2nd, local time.
From the 3rd, most of the new crown epidemic restrictions nationwide have been lifted.
However, in view of the still high incidence of the new crown epidemic, experts recommend voluntary wearing of masks indoors.
According to the new epidemic protection law, with immediate effect in almost all federal states, the wearing of masks will only be a general requirement in a few occasions, such as in clinics, nursing homes, hospitals, when taking buses and trains. Mandatory testing can still be carried out in schools .
Most 2G (completely vaccinated, recovered from COVID-19) or 3G (completely vaccinated, recovered from COVID-19, and tested negative for COVID-19) certificates are cancelled, and masks are no longer mandatory in indoor spaces.
For so-called "coronavirus hotspots", epidemic prevention measures can be tightened.
The so-called "hot spots" are areas that "have a specific risk of dynamically spreading infection".
If the number of infections rises sharply, new dangerous variants of the virus spread, and hospitals are likely to be overwhelmed, the most important criterion, then state legislatures can decide on "hot spots".
This area can be a metropolitan area, a county, or an entire state.
Some people believe that Germany's epidemic prevention will rely more on citizens' own considerations and sense of responsibility.
German Federal Health Minister Lauterbach called on citizens to be cautious about lifting the vast majority of restrictions.
"The new crown pandemic is not over, and the risk of being infected is now higher than ever." He called for voluntary wearing of masks in indoor spaces.
This is a very effective protection and should be used as often as possible.
"If you want to protect yourself and others from infection, you should wear a mask anyway," said Eberhard Bodenschatz, a physicist at the Max-Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization in Göttingen. High infection rates, extra protection makes sense, preferably a mask with good filtering and a good fit on the face.
Recently, the incidence of new crowns in Germany has begun to show a downward trend.
The weekly report released by the Robert Koch Institute, Germany's disease control agency, on March 31 pointed out that the peak of the current round of epidemics "may have been reached".
However, "infection pressure" and the number of daily deaths from Covid-19 remain high.
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