Bavaria's Ministry of Health has surprisingly relaxed the visiting regulations for retirement homes.
The porters were surprised.
Some now fear chaos.
Others are relieved.
Munich - Vaccinated and convalescent people will no longer need a negative corona test in the future if they want to visit residents of nursing homes or facilities for the disabled.
Bavaria's Ministry of Health issued a corresponding message on Friday morning.
Health Minister Klaus Holetschek (CSU) emphasized that the new regulation is a further step towards normalizing life in the facilities.
The nursing homes and facilities for the disabled were previously exempt from the tests *.
Carriers and associations had repeatedly called for loosening.
Visits to nursing homes and retirement homes: associations caught by sudden loosening
However, they were surprised by the new regulation on Friday (latest developments in the Bayern ticker).
The Red Cross felt taken by surprise mainly because there was no regulation in the afternoon - and thus no legal validity, as a spokesman emphasized.
“That means that at the weekend we still have to turn away visitors who come without a test.” That creates frustration and disappointment.
And chaos.
The BRK had also called for easing in the past few weeks.
The spokesman emphasized that the institutions would have liked a little more lead time to implement the new regulation.
"There are still many unanswered questions: For example, how we control visitors."
Until recently, the situation looked very different and caused a lack of understanding in many places (video)
The workers' welfare organization was also surprised by the new regulation.
There the joy outweighed the fact that the visiting regulations are now being simplified.
“This is how flexible our facilities are,” said the deputy AWO managing director Anne Erd.
"We are happy if we can enable more visitors and spontaneous visits," she emphasized.
Erd assumes that the new regulations will be implemented from the weekend.
Meanwhile, there is confusion after a Söder announcement about border traffic to Austria - these rules now apply.
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