Before Merkel's summit: special rules for Bavaria, what applies until Christmas and New Year's Eve? An overview

Bavaria has been in corona lockdown since November.

But what's next in December?

What are the rules for Christmas and New Year's Eve?

An overview.

• The corona lockdown in Bavaria is to be extended until at least December.

• On Wednesday, the country leaders will discuss with Chancellor Merkel exactly what the rules for Christmas and New Year's Eve look like.

• Some details about the new Corona plans for the holidays in Bavaria have already been leaked.

Munich - How many people can the family

?

Who are you allowed to meet over the

?

And what about

?

Questions that are

currently preoccupying

.

At a

with Angela Merkel on Wednesday, a binding answer should be found.

But details of a

have already been leaked.

Details about Christmas, New Year's Eve and dates in Bavaria are therefore already fixed - an overview.

Corona in Bavaria: Start of the Christmas holidays brought forward

But so much in advance: Bavaria has rushed ahead of the big conference on Wednesday on one point: Due to the

, the start of the

in the Free State will be brought

.

Instead of Wednesday, December 23rd, the last day of school before Christmas is now Friday, December 18th.

The

(CSU) announced on Tuesday.

The meaning and purpose of this decision: The

increased, as

.

"This will improve the possibilities for families in Bavaria to be able to celebrate the most important festival of the year in a healthy and carefree way." The time span of almost a week between school lessons and Christmas means that the

"significantly reduced", argued Söder.

Christmas in Bavaria: Corona special regulations should apply to holidays in December

The

, which has been in

force since November,

is being

in Bavaria

, but

apply

for the

- from December 21st to at least 27th

.

Meetings of up to ten people from several households should be allowed during this time.

Children up to 14 years are excluded from the number of people.

This emerges from a draft resolution on which the prime ministers agreed on Monday evening.

several days should be

 recommended

for the time after the Christmas holidays

.

for the upcoming celebrations

should also be made with the 

.

The guideline here is that large church services should be avoided.

Corona in Bavaria: Self-quarantine recommended after Christmas

Clear rules are also planned

for

: Joint New Year's Eve celebrations with ten people from more than two households should be allowed.

The resolution proposal should provide in brackets to allow the Christmas rules to apply until January 3rd.

In terms of

, however, there is still no clear line.

The

will probably at least in Union-led countries

to be.

In order to avoid larger groups, however, fireworks should not be allowed in busy squares and streets.

According to the bill, there should not be a general ban on New Year's Eve fireworks.

Bavaria: Clear corona rules for New Year's Eve

Outside the holidays to for

a

apply to five people from two households.

It

 should also be stipulated

that every person in closed rooms that are accessible to the public or in the context of visiting or customer traffic

must wear

a 

.

All of these measures will initially apply until December 20th.

According to the bill, the federal and state governments want to agree on how to proceed by December 15.

With regard to the

, there should be strict rules: If this drops to fewer than 35 new infections per week for 100,000 inhabitants,

Bavaria and the other states should be able to

.

After December 20, the measures

 are to be extended

if the situation does not improve.

Countries with an incidence below 50 should then be able to decide independently.

Corona incidence: Bavaria should determine its own relaxation

If the incidence is over 50, it should be

class from the seventh grade onwards

 .

Infection-free schools should be able to be excluded from this.

The federal states should decide for themselves about homeschooling.

In addition, a new test strategy is planned: In the event of an infection in a class, students and teachers should be

for five days

and then run 

 tests.

The tests are to be made available by the federal government of Bavaria and the other states.

Officially, however, all of these decisions will only be

made and adopted

on

at the

with Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU).

If the extension of the

also decided for Bavaria, hotels, restaurants or fitness studios will remain closed until December 20th.

Citizens should continue to stay at home as far as possible, work from the home office and avoid trips and excursions.

Before the corona summit: Söder threatens to go it alone with stricter rules

But Prime Minister

already announced: His goal for the corona lockdown is to

.

He hoped, so Söder literally, that the current policy paper of the federal states will be tightened again in the conference.

Otherwise, Bavaria would

introduce

.