"Where's the logic?" - Loophole in the new Corona rules causes a lack of understanding at Gastro-Verband

Created: 12/31/2021, 06:19 AM

From: Tanja Kipke

In Bavaria, the 2G rule applies in restaurants.

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Contact restrictions in Bavaria have been in effect since December 28th.

This also has consequences for the applicable gastro rules.

Sharp criticism comes from the Vice President of DEHOGA.

Nuremberg - The 2G regulation currently applies in gastronomy, which means that only those who have been vaccinated or recovered are allowed to eat in restaurants.

The 2G plus rule even applies to closed events in the restaurant.

Since December 28th, the contact restrictions decided by the federal government have also been in effect in Bavaria.

Only ten people are allowed to come together in the private sector.

This restriction also has an impact on the gastro - but not always.

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Corona rules in Bavaria: Gastro Association criticizes restrictions - "Where is the logic?"

Although you can only meet ten people in private, this rule does not apply to a normal restaurant visit. In principle, more than ten guests can sit at one table, explains the Vice President of the DEHOGA Hotel and Restaurant Association, Thomas Förster, in an interview with the

. However, if it is a closed event in a separate room, there may only be ten people, then the 2G-plus rule also applies. This causes a lack of understanding at Förster: “Such regulations must also be logical for our guests. With many restrictions, one wonders where is the logic? "

Förster runs the Bratwurst Röslein in Nuremberg.

He welcomed the elimination of the curfew on New Year's Eve, but raised concerns that it would not make up for the year's losses.

The situation in Bavaria is devastating, many hotels and bars are already fighting for their existence.

"We have to learn to shape our lives with Corona," the DEHOGA Vice President of Bavaria told

Video: These new corona rules apply in Bavaria from December 28th

Because of the 2G rule: "Catastrophic sales losses" in the German Hotel and Restaurant Association

4,800 companies took part in a survey by the German Hotel and Restaurant Association (DEHOGA Bundesverband).

The results would be the “catastrophic loss of sales

by 2G and 2G Plus ”in gastronomy, according to a message from the gastronomy association DEHOGA. "Shortly before Christmas, the situation in the industry worsens dramatically again with the introduction of stricter access rules," explains DEHOGA President Guido Zöllick. “With 2G, sales in our restaurants and hotels have already collapsed by more than half. Companies in countries in which 2G-plus applies, report even higher losses. "The turnover fell by an average of 53.1 percent.

"Many companies can no longer work profitably," Zöllick is quoted further in the message.

He therefore demands planning security and sufficient help from politics.

"I expect that politicians will not cause additional uncertainty with actionist appeals that go beyond the respective state ordinance and thus provoke further cancellations." He also said that it was unacceptable for him that the ordinances were sometimes published at such short notice, almost overnight enter into force the following day