Mask requirement in school classes is lifted

When the lessons start, the masks can be packed in the school classes from Monday.

Many in the Southwest can literally breathe a sigh of relief.

But there are also fears.

Stuttgart - In the south-west, students will no longer have to wear mouth and nose protection in class when they are seated.

Teachers can also do without the mask in class, provided they keep a minimum distance of 1.50 meters from the students.

A mask must still be worn everywhere else in the school building.

In elementary schools, the mask requirement in the classroom is completely eliminated, as the Ministry of Culture announced.

According to the ministry, the country wants to install security mechanisms if the corona situation worsens.

Masks in the square would have to be worn again if the country's corona alert level took effect, it said.

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The alert level anchored in the country's Corona regulation comes into force as soon as 390 Covid-19 patients are treated in intensive care units on two consecutive working days or the so-called hospitalization incidence is 12 on five consecutive working days.

Even if there is a positive Corona case in a class, the students in the respective learning group or class must use the masks at their places again.

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