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Corona regulation in Lower Saxony: State extends Christmas rest

2021-12-23T20:13:25.749Z


Corona regulation in Lower Saxony: State extends Christmas rest Created: 12/23/2021 Updated: 12/23/2021, 9:04 PM From: Bjarne Kommnick In Lower Saxony, the Christmas and New Year's rest has been extended until mid-January. The government is sticking to the strict corona rules. Hanover - Lower Saxony has extended the Christmas rest and New Year's rest by two weeks. The new Corona regulation wit


Corona regulation in Lower Saxony: State extends Christmas rest

Created: 12/23/2021 Updated: 12/23/2021, 9:04 PM

From: Bjarne Kommnick

In Lower Saxony, the Christmas and New Year's rest has been extended until mid-January.

The government is sticking to the strict corona rules.

Hanover - Lower Saxony has extended the Christmas rest and New Year's rest by two weeks.

The new Corona regulation with lockdown light and warning level 3 will apply until January 15, as the state government announced on Thursday.

The stricter corona rules at Christmas according to warning level 3 apply from Christmas Eve.

From December 27th, the regulation that only up to ten people may meet at private get-togethers or celebrations will come into effect.

Country:

Lower Saxony

Surface:

47,614 km²

Population:

7.982 million (2019)

Capital city:

Hanover

Adjusted Corona regulation in Lower Saxony: State extends Christmas rest and New Year's rest until January 15, 2022

While virologist Christian Drosten is positive about a new Omikron study, Lower Saxony is tightening the corona reins again with the adjusted Corona regulation and the associated extension of the Christmas rest period.

The extension of the Christmas and New Years rest is necessary.

The state government wanted to react to the impending Omikron wave in Germany because the variant had arrived in Germany, said Prime Minister Stephan Weil.

Lower Saxony have to keep their family reunions small until mid-January.

© dpa / Jonas Walzberg

“This variant is known to be many times more contagious than anything that we have come to know of virus variants so far.

This means in particular that larger New Year's Eve celebrations are not allowed to take place in Lower Saxony this year ”.

Significantly stricter rules apply to unvaccinated people.

According to the Corona Ordinance, unvaccinated people are only allowed to meet with people from their own household and two people from another household.

Events where people dance will also be banned until January 15th.

Corona regulation with extended Christmas rest: These corona rules from Christmas until January 15, 2022

  • Corona rules from Christmas Eve

  • Restrictions for vaccinated and convalescent people at Christmas

    : In Lower Saxony, up to 25 people should be allowed to meet inside or up to 50 people outside. Prerequisite: You are all vaccinated or have recovered. For ten or more participants, the 2G plus rule applies, i.e. an additional test requirement. In addition, contact details must be recorded and FFP2 masks must be worn - unless it is a private Christmas party at home. If there are unvaccinated people, their restrictions apply.

  • Restaurant visits

    : Not possible for unvaccinated people. For everyone else, the 2G-plus rule applies indoors and outdoors (with mandatory testing). Restaurateurs can bypass the obligation to test by reducing their capacity to 70 percent. Then 2G applies (without compulsory testing). The same applies to

    cinemas

    ,

    theaters

    and

    zoos

    .

  • Events

    : Are allowed on a small scale under the 2G-plus rule. Large events with more than 500 participants, however, are prohibited. Clubs and discos also have to close. Other events with more than 10 people are generally in warning level 3 and thus also between December 24, 2021 and January 15, 2022, both indoors and outdoors, only if all participants have been vaccinated or recovered and additionally tested. (Exceptions to the test obligation only for boosted people or for fully vaccinated people with subsequent breakthrough infection and recovery from the same, as well as with only 70 percent utilization). At all these events you have to keep your distance and wear an FFP2 mask - even when you are seated!

  • FFP2 mask requirement in retail

    : The originally planned 2G rule no longer applies when shopping in stores in Lower Saxony.

    A court overturned the plan.

    As a result, however, the mask requirement was tightened: If you want to exchange a gift or redeem a voucher between years, you have to wear an FFP2 mask in the shop.

    This also applies from Tuesday to everyday shops such as

    supermarkets

    and

    drug stores

    .

  • 3G in buses and trains

    : In public transport, the 3G rule remains between December 24, 2021 and January 15, 2022 and the FFP2 mask is mandatory.

  • Hairdressers and body-hugging services

    *: The operators of the salons are allowed to open.

    Originally from 2G, the 3G rule applies at the hairdresser.

    Unvaccinated people are not excluded as long as they can present a current negative test.

    Inside, however, an FFP2 mask must be worn.

  • New Year's Eve party

    : The same rules should apply as at Christmas, i.e.: With the 2G rule, up to 25 participants are allowed inside or up to 50 participants outside, with a test requirement for ten or more participants.

    Unvaccinated people, on the other hand, are only allowed to meet two people from another household.

  • Fireworks, firecrackers and rockets

    : A sales ban applies nationwide.

    Small fireworks such as sparklers are excluded.

    Other fireworks may only be set off in a small, private setting.

    Firecrackers in public places are prohibited.

  • 2G-plus

    applies to sports: The 2G-plus rule applies to sports facilities with the known exceptions for those who have been boosted and people with breakthrough infections after a full vaccination or in the case of capacity restrictions: 10 square meters per person.

New corona regulation: These corona rules apply from December 27, 2021 to January 15, 2022

  • From December 27, 2021 up to and including January 15, 2022

    , the number of vaccinated and recovered people who are allowed to meet privately or celebrate together will be limited to ten according to the amended and new Corona Ordinance.

    Children under the age of 14 do not count here, nor do the accompanying or caregivers required for people with disabilities or in need of care.

It remains to be seen whether Lower Saxony will get the impending Omikron wave under control before it inundates the state.

In any case, it is certain that Omikron has already arrived in Lower Saxony and the number of suspected cases is probably not only increasing in the Oldenburg district.

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Source: merkur

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