From Thursday, restaurateurs and organizers can decide whether their guests have to wear the corona-related mouth and nose protection - thanks to the 2G option.
Stuttgart - From next Thursday, vaccinated and recovered employees and guests, for example in restaurants or at events, can do without mask protection if the so-called 2G option applies there. The Corona regulation will be adjusted accordingly, the Ministry of Social Affairs announced on Sunday. The “Reutlinger General-Anzeiger” had previously reported on the change and quoted the head of the Ministry of Social Affairs, Uwe Lahl. Accordingly, the next regulation will initially be updated until November 24th. According to this, there should be a state solution if the Bundestag does not pass a uniform regulation.
Lahl and the state data protection officer Stefan Brink had already agreed on the new adjustment of the regulation in mid-October.
According to this, vaccinated or recovered employees of restaurants and cafés, for example, can do without a mask to protect against the coronavirus, provided the employer agrees and this complies with the occupational safety and health ordinance.
The new relaxations should not only apply to the catering trade, but wherever there is a so-called option model for vaccinated or recovered guests at events or in the catering trade.
The current Corona regulation still prescribes a mask requirement.
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The latest decision by the Ministry of Social Affairs was preceded by a dispute between Brink and Lahl.
He thinks it is incomprehensible if vaccinated waiters have to wear a mask according to the new Corona regulation, but vaccinated guests do not, Lahl had said.
Brink was against the fact that those who are vaccinated do not have to wear a mask, because this would make the mask wearer recognizable as not vaccinated.
Brink had rejected the allegations and argued that a possible relaxation of the mask requirement for employees had by no means failed due to a "veto" of data protection.
"Of course, data protection as a basic right to informational self-determination gives every citizen the right to share their vaccination status with others, including the employer," Brink made clear.
However, undue pressure should not be exerted on this decision.
"That is why the employer is generally not allowed to ask for health data of his employees." Dpa