No local ordinance without a legal basis: those responsible in the district office bring it to this simple denominator.
Therefore, the Garmisch-Partenkirchen district will only become a hotspot area from Sunday.
There is frustration and anger about unclear regulations from the ministry.
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- For four hours they put their heads together, deliberated, discussed: How to proceed? That was the central question in the Garmisch-Partenkirchner district office on Friday morning. Calling out the red level - without a legal basis from the Bavarian Ministry of Health? How do the colleagues from Bad Tölz, who simply based their general ordinance on the text of the press release following the cabinet decision last Wednesday? With all the open questions? Just to be able to tighten the rules from Saturday? Shortly after noon the decision: a clear no. "We don't want to create even more uncertainty among people with a regulation that we might say afterwards that it would have been better not to send it out," emphasizes Wolfgang Rotzsche, press spokesman in the district office."There are far too many unanswered questions that we cannot answer."
The procedure now looks like this: If the incidence remains above the threshold value of 300 on Saturday - this is assumed to be 81 new infections on Friday - the red level of the hospital traffic light applies to the district from 0 a.m. on Sunday.
"We have this one day parental leave, that was a clear statement from the Ministry of Health," emphasizes Rotzsche.
Those in charge do not see a problem in this: "Then people have a day to adjust to the changes."
There is only head shaking about the actions of the Ministry of Health
The behavior of the ministry once again causes many to shake their heads. "Not having a regulation on Friday afternoon, but announcing the tightening for Sunday is very questionable," complains Christian Bär, the district chairman of the Dehoga hotel and restaurant association. What should he do with guests who arrived a few days ago and who booked under different conditions? "We need a little time to be able to implement changes."
Which exactly they are was not clear even on early Friday evening.
There was no end to the long wait for the new text of the 14th Infection Protection Measures Ordinance.
At around 4.30 p.m., the first sign of life from the ministry: However, only in the form of a press release - with the same information that was given on Wednesday.
No details, nothing specific, no information about sporting events inside or outside, for example.
Hotspot rules: 2G is coming into focus - except for gastronomy and the hotel industry
Some basic conditions are of course clear: In the red hotspot regions, the focus will be on the 2G rule in future. This means that visits to facilities such as theaters or events (previously 3G) are reserved for vaccinated and convalescent people. The test option does not apply in this case. In addition, the standard of mouth and nose protection is being raised again from the medical operating room mask to the FFP2 mask. Excluded from the 2G rule are restaurants, accommodation companies and body-hugging service providers such as hairdressers. 3G-plus (PCR test) applies to them. Trade and local public transport are completely exempt from access restrictions. In schools, it is again mandatory to wear a mask on site.
In order to get the red phase going, the district office has to publish an announcement.
This will happen this Saturday.
The regulations should be published immediately on the authority's website.
Dehoga district chief Christian Bär: 3G-plus for employees "would be the death knell"
Hotelier Bär, who runs the Alpenhof in Murnau, can basically live with the decisions. "There were vaccination offers everywhere, anyone who does not want to be vaccinated has to live with the consequences," he says with a view to 3G-plus for customers in restaurants or overnight accommodations. "We are all glad that there is no longer a lockdown, that we can stay open, that we can keep our employees' jobs." However, there is one thing that worries him, especially with regard to the employees: he had another one from the Dehoga umbrella organization on Friday Receive information that the 3G-plus rule should also apply to employees, i.e. a PCR test must be carried out twice a week. “That would be the death knell for our industry,” says Bär. “A disaster, because there are still many unvaccinated people that we test regularly.“However, with the inexpensive rapid tests. Just one of many open questions on Friday.
Meanwhile, the health department in Garmisch-Partenkirchen has sounded the alarm.
The number of cases is too high, the staff too scarce - the situation is currently no longer controllable.
