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Violent Corona scenes at the Bavarian airport - eyewitness: "People are stacking up"

2021-02-03T18:28:53.651Z


While the strict corona lockdown rules severely limit people's everyday lives, you don't seem to look too closely at the airport.


While the strict corona lockdown rules severely limit people's everyday lives, you don't seem to look too closely at the airport.

Memmingen

- Milan Bakalov ** stands close together in a group of fellow travelers.

His plane from Sofia has just

landed

at the

airport in Memmingen

.

Everyone is waiting for the shuttle bus that will bring passengers to the terminal.

There is no need to think about the necessary distance to the next man.

Bakalov often flies professionally, but such conditions are

unusual

for him - especially in

times of

Corona *

.

“People pile up, but

nobody

seems to care.” Then he discovers several people who are not

wearing

their

masks

or are

wearing them

incorrectly.

No action is taken because of this.

Corona: FFP2 masks are not yet required at the airport and on airplanes

Stricter

corona rules

have been in effect in Bavaria for a little over two weeks

.

Among other things, wearing

FFP2 masks *

has become mandatory in local public transport and in retail.

It is therefore surprising that the state government does not impose stricter rules when traveling by plane - at least when arriving and departing in Bavaria.

As

Memmingen Airport

confirms, only a simple

mask requirement

applies at airports

.

In addition, if the distance of 1.5 meters cannot be maintained, a

mask

must be

worn

anyway

.

Bakalov has now made it into one of the

shuttle buses

.

“Here, care was taken to ensure that not too many passengers enter a vehicle.” The Bulgarian, who lives in Germany, estimates a maximum of 30 or 40 people.

But then the

same picture in

front of the entrance to the

immigration area

.

People push and push.

Bakalov is irritated.

"There must be four people squeezed into one square meter." He asks an airport employee how many people are allowed into the

entry hall

- now in

Corona *

times

?

She does not know.

But ask him to go on with the other passengers as well.

Traveling in Corona times: In exceptional cases, the distance rule cannot be adhered to

A statement from the airport confirms that in exceptional cases, such as when boarding or entering the country, the

distance

regulation cannot be observed.

That is why wearing a mask is compulsory in the entire terminal building.

From February 1st it will even have to be medical masks.

In addition, all

processes at the airport are

coordinated

with the responsible

health authority

.

But one should be aware that the

phenomenon of urge is

in the nature of humans.

To then equalize the mass is simply impossible.

Perhaps people are really used to jostling at the airport.

However, queuing

at the supermarket checkout or with the Click & Collect procedure - where customers can order their goods on the Internet and pick them up on site - seems to work smoothly.

The airport's conclusion therefore sounds a little resigned: "In the end, however, each passenger is responsible for keeping their

distance to other passengers

."

Traveling in Corona times: airport staff seem "powerless"

The businessman Bakalov does not deny that the airport

pursues

a

hygiene concept

and only wants the best for its passengers.

The only

problem is

implementation

.

The staff just has to intervene more strictly and be better informed, is his impression.

The employees looked downright "powerless".

As if they couldn't do anything about it.

+

Also in the entry area there is no chance of keeping the 1.5 meter distance.

Current photo of Milan Bakalov.

© private

Particular

attention should be paid to

protection against infection

,

especially when entering from

corona risk

areas.

Bulgaria

has been on the Federal Foreign Office's list for

risk areas

since November

.

Sure, travelers must have a

negative PCR test *

in their pocket

before arriving in Germany

.

But a test is just a snapshot and does not exempt you from the

mask requirement

and

distance

rule

.

Traveling in Corona times: High number of passengers on Friday morning

According to

Memmingen Airport

, there is probably an increased number of passengers on Friday mornings and that even in

Corona times

.

In order to cope with the increased number of passengers, the principle of block handling is followed.

“Passengers then first wait in the area of ​​the

Corona test center

and are then gradually driven to the terminal in a controlled manner.

Delays result from the very high

control effort for the border police

for the new regulations.

We use (covered) open spaces, as the risk of infection is considerably lower here in order to collect waiting passengers.

Unfortunately, this is not always comfortable (e.g. in rainy weather), but a better solution than inside a building, ”writes the airport.

For Bakalov - who has now lined up at the very back in order not

to wait

in the middle of the waiting masses of people in the completely closed

entry

area - hardly understandable.

“I'm shocked that something like this can happen in Germany.

Nobody is allowed to meet privately and here you

are crammed

together like in a small stable. ”After just under an hour and a half in the

entry area

, Bakalov made it.

He's still going home with a bad feeling.

(tel) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network.

** Name changed by the editor

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Source: merkur

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