A mouth and nose mask lies on a meadow in a park (archive photo) Photo: dpa
From BZ/dpa
In Brandenburg, the remaining corona restrictions in the state are to be lifted on March 1, according to the plans of Health Minister Ursula Nonnemacher (Greens).
Against the background of the early end of nationwide corona rules, the mask requirement in homeless shelters and refugee facilities is to be lifted, the ministry announced on Friday. The test obligation for unvaccinated and not recovered employees in refugee facilities, psychiatric clinics and in youth welfare and retirement homes should also be abolished.
In view of the stable corona situation, the health ministers of the federal and state governments had agreed on Tuesday to end the mask and test requirements for employees and residents in health and care facilities earlier. The protection requirements are scheduled to expire on March 1st, originally they were supposed to apply until April 7th.
For visits to medical practices, clinics and nursing homes, the obligation to wear masks should remain in place according to the agreement. This would gradually end the last specifications by Easter.
Minister Nonnemacher wants to introduce the repeal of the Corona Ordinance to the cabinet next Tuesday. The mask requirement in local public transport with buses and trains ended in Berlin and Brandenburg on February 2nd. This also applied to long-distance transport.