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The Bavarian grandees moved together - too much, the Minister thinks
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Bavaria's Minister of Health Melanie Huml has reprimanded the top FC Bayern officials for their behavior at the opening game of the Bundesliga.
According to the CSU politician, it would have been "wiser for the Munich management team if they hadn't sat so close together - because there was enough space," she told the German press agency.
Previously, the Bayern leaders had been irritated by the fact that they, like the representatives of FC Schalke 04, sat in the official gallery at the game on Friday evening without any distance and mouth-nose protection.
Bayern board member Oliver Kahn then said on ZDF that "the Bavarian ordinance was adhered to, which allows exactly that".
There were no guidelines.
Minister Huml said that the Bavarian Infection Protection Measures Ordinance allows ten people to sit next to each other in a group, especially in restaurants.
"But according to the ordinance, a minimum distance of 1.5 meters is generally provided for nationwide sporting events," added Huml.
Therefore, the ministry was surprised "with a view to the role model function" that the Bayern officials thought neither of distance nor of mask.
Huml once again referred to the increased number of corona infections in Munich.
For this reason, the game had to be played again in front of empty stands.
"Generally speaking, the following applies to Corona anyway: keep your distance where possible. Put on masks where necessary," said Huml.
SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach also criticized the boardroom of FC Bayern.
"Children should wear masks in class in class. The FC Bayern managers enjoy football and they obviously don't care that they are not a role model for anyone. Nobody can be proud of that," Lauterbach tweeted about a picture of the Munich officials around President Herbert Hainer and Honorary President Uli Hoeneß.
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