Corona rules on Christmas and New Year's Eve: This applies to Germany in December

The partial lockdown with stricter corona rules will be relaxed for Christmas and New Year's Eve.

What changes - what remains.

The specifications at a glance.

• The federal states have extended the corona restrictions until December 20.

• Private gatherings are further restricted.

  Schools remain open, however.

• Special rules are provided for the Christmas holidays.

Well after 9 p.m.

, Berlin's Governing Mayor Michael Müller and Bavaria's Prime Minister

front of the press

.

They announced the

measures adopted

at the

Conference.

As already suspected, the current

extended until December 20th.

noted, however: "We are assuming that the

must apply

until the beginning of

."

However, meetings of ten people should be allowed

over the

.

Corona rules for Christmas and New Year's Eve: This applies in December

In addition, private

limited to a maximum of five people from two

.

under the age of 14 are not counted.

Over Christmas and New Year's Eve, the corona rules will be relaxed in this regard.

This

was also suspected in advance.

Just like the expansion of the

in public space, which was also decided.

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The mask requirement is to be intensified, especially in inner cities.

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Moreover, have

and

in addition to the

agreed by 50 new infections to a second limit for counties.

From a

of

, even stronger measures should take effect in the affected circles.

How these should look exactly is at the discretion of the countries.

Corona rules for December: Schools remain open - fireworks on New Year's Eve are still allowed

However, the

does not include a general

on

on

.

Rockets and firecrackers are "not a pandemic challenge per se," said

.

It's much more about the

.

However, schools

should remain open.

Only in areas with an

over 200 should measures such as

and

be used.

Finally, German citizens are called on not to go on a

until January 10, 2021

.

Corona rules for Christmas and New Year's Eve - relaxations in contrast to the rest of December

Extended

, but separate corona rules for the

and New Year's Eve - this was

expected

in advance as a result of the talks between the country leaders on how to proceed in the

.

According to the resolutions,

are now

allowed

for the holidays and New Year's Eve

.

The

were able to agree on this draft resolution at the

end of November.

Children should not be included in the number of people.

This limit applies from December 23rd to January 1st.

Before that, the limit remains at

.

It was stipulated that every person in closed rooms that are accessible to the public or as part of visiting or customer traffic

must wear

a

.

Where people stay longer or are close together, the duty also applies outdoors.

No corona lockdown for Christmas and New Year's Eve?

New evaluation will take place in mid-December

All of this should initially

apply

.

By December 15, the federal and state governments want to agree on the further procedure for corona rules at Christmas and beyond.

There

should be no

.

However

, pyrotechnics should be prohibited in

order

to avoid

.

It is also generally recommended to avoid the traditional fireworks.

Corona before Christmas: Germany's hotels and restaurants will also remain closed in December

With the extension of the previously applicable measures,

also remain

closed until December 20th.

In addition, during the corona pandemic before Christmas and New Year's Eve, citizens should continue

and work there as well as avoid travel and excursions.

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Unfortunately, it does not offer enough protection against infection in the Corona crisis: Chancellor Angela Merkel plays with a wind turbine.

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Corona rules for schools: mask requirement and earlier Christmas holidays

Before New Year's Eve and Christmas come, there are also standardized corona rules for schools.

If the

should be

from the

onwards

.

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

The

federal states should decide for themselves

about

.

In addition, a new test strategy is planned: In the event of an infection in a class, students and teachers should be quarantined for five days and then run

.

Most of the federal states had already set a limit for this from a lower grade level.

Some federal states such as

and

have

already brought

the

forward so that the infection process can be better controlled around the holidays.

Lower Saxony and Saxony, for example, refrain from this - for example by referring to

.

Corona financial aid: Companies, the self-employed and associations should be supported for longer

The state aid for

affected by closure

, the

and

are to be extended.

For areas that are expected to have major restrictions on business operations for months to come, the federal states are calling for the federal government to

aid

- for example for the culture and events industry, self-employed individuals and the travel industry.

The federal government should also examine tax subsidies for statutory health insurance.

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How to celebrate Christmas and New Year's Eve in Spain - especially on the Costa Blanca - will be decided in December.

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