A sigh of relief at Freising's hosts: For the time being, the 2G rule in restaurants in Bavaria will remain

Created: 01/10/2022, 09:00 AM

Anna Elisabeth Hofmeier checks the vaccination certificate and ID of the guests in front of her house.

For the time being, the 2G rule will remain in Bavaria.

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For the time being, the 2G rule in restaurants, bars and cafes in Bavaria will remain.

That at least lets Freising's hosts breathe a sigh of relief.

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- At the first Corona summit of the year, the Corona measures were adjusted due to the expected Omikron wave. The 2G-plus rule is to apply nationwide in restaurants, pubs and cafes in the future. Means: If you are not boosted, you need a negative test. The Free State considers the decision to be critical and does not go along with it for the time being. A sigh of relief from the hosts - also in the Freising district.

The 2G-plus rule would be "catastrophic" for the chairwoman of the Freising district office of the Bavarian Hotel and Restaurant Association DEHOGA, Anna Elisabeth Hofmeier.

Hofmeier, herself the host of a large restaurant and hotel with 80 beds, does not see tightening of the access restrictions on boosted or vaccinated people with a daily Covid test as appropriate and also not necessary.

In the gastro, according to Hofmeier, very few people get infected - in their opinion this has long been known.

So far, she has had good experiences with 2G, according to Hofmeier, and her guests have always been insightful in this regard and without any need for discussion.

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However, 2G had already canceled numerous events, such as most of the Christmas parties last December. Checking corona tests before admission would only mean one thing for Hofmeier: “Even more effort for even less sales!” For you and your colleagues, the 2G plus rule would be “like a lockdown,” says Hofmeier.

She currently has to live with around 60 percent losses in her restaurant and hotel, with 2G plus her business would "then be dead".

In her opinion, it would be more sensible to get straight to the point: “Better to close for two weeks than 2G plus.” Why?

Then the financial state emergency aid would take effect.

"So we have zero sales, but running costs," explains Hofmeier.

Everything else, and she is convinced, amounts to a planned disaster.

A tiresome must: Michael Dördelmann from the Bräustüberl has his guests show him the necessary documents.

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Michael Dördelmann, managing director of the Weihenstephan Bräustüberl, is also convinced: "For many, it will be too much effort to get tested for a coffee or an after-work beer." Thus, after the events, the walk-in customers would also be eliminated, should "2G plus" actually be used. grasp.

Due to the 2G rule alone, the Bräustüberl is “only half as busy as usual,” he reports.

"With 2G plus it would get even worse." For now, however, it will remain with "2G".  

Richard Lorenz and Cornelia Schramm