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A Lufthansa employee wears a medical mask at the airport in Frankfurt am Main
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Despite relaxed EU recommendations from Monday, the mask requirement to protect against infection with the corona virus still applies to flights to and from Germany.
According to the Federal Ministry of Health, this applies to all machines that take off or land in Germany.
FFP2 or medical masks must be worn during boarding and disembarking and throughout the flight.
You can only lose it by eating and drinking.
Children under the age of six are exempt from the obligation.
The ministry explained that the mask requirement also corresponds to the new EU recommendations.
The aviation security agency EASA and the EU health authority ECDC no longer recommend that masks be worn in airports and airplanes as a general rule from Monday.
If masks are compulsory in traffic at the departure or destination, this should also continue to apply in machines.
In Germany, the nationwide mask requirement on airplanes and long-distance trains is set out in the Infection Protection Act until September 23rd.
Masks are also compulsory in local transport with buses and trains, which are stipulated by the respective federal states.
Masks are still compulsory on planes in several countries
In general, the relaxed EU recommendation does not mean that masks are no longer required on all flights.
Europe's largest low-cost airline Ryanair has published a list of 15 EU countries in which national laws still require the wearing of face masks to prevent corona.
In addition to Germany, important tourism destinations such as Spain, Greece, Portugal and Italy are also included.
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