Every federal state of Germany has introduced a mask requirement. In many countries, the measure will start on April 27th. Does the obligation also apply when visiting a doctor?
- Germany has got the corona virus under control with a lockdown.
- Due to the first easing of the Corona measures, the mask requirement in public transport and shops will apply in many federal states from April 27th.
- Do you also have to wear nose and mouth protection in medical practices ?
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Munich - Some federal states have now introduced the measures, others will follow shortly: Saxony, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania and Bavaria were the first federal states in Germany to opt for respiratory protection . In the meantime, every federal state has opted for mandatory breathing protection *.
In most countries, this corona measure * will start on April 27, 2020. However, a new debate is emerging on this subject.
Corona virus in Germany: Mask requirement is a nationwide decision
As of Monday (April 27), the following applies in Bavaria with regard to the obligation to wear a face mask *: Anyone who uses public transport or goes to a shop to shop must wear a mask . This also applies to petrol stations and banks. In other federal states of Germany, the mask requirement is regulated similarly. But do you also have to wear a mask when you go to the doctor ? Because isn't protection particularly important here?
According to a corresponding obligation, the calls will now also be introduced when visiting a doctor. As the German Medical Journal reports, Schleswig-Holstein should already think about it.
Corona virus in Germany: mask requirement also in medical practices?
Burkhard John , Chairman of the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KV) in Saxony-Anhalt, said: "With this simple measure, which is now becoming more and more common in many areas of public life, patients can help prevent infections in medical practices."
Most tests for infection with the novel coronavirus * Sars-CoV-2 would be carried out in outpatient practices, six out of seven of the patients infected with the virus would be treated in the outpatient area, the Doctors' Journal reports , citing Burkhard John. The outpatient practices are the protective barrier in front of the hospitals to avoid a Corona * collapse .
In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania there are more and more inquiries from the medical profession , as Minister for Economic Affairs Harry Glawe (CDU) said. The state government is considering extending the duty of mouth protection to doctor visits. Wearing a mask could lead to problems, especially in patients with respiratory diseases . If this is not a problem for healthy people, the mask is an additional resistance that can seriously impair breathing for sick people. Covid-19 patients with a more severe course are also affected. This was said by the Vice President of the Robert Koch Institute Lars Schaade in the press briefing on Friday (April 24).
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