Authorities in Germany have disclosed the intention to remove the remaining Covid-19 restrictions, including the mask-wearing and testing requirements for staff members and residents of healthcare and nursing homes.
The decision to remove the requirement that workers and residents of healthcare and nursing facilities wear face masks and submit to testing beginning in March was taken after it was discovered that the COVID situation throughout the nation is under control, according to the federal states' health ministers. Nonetheless, visitors to hospitals, doctor's offices, and care facilities will still be required to wear masks.
According to Karl Lauterbach, the federal minister of health, the situation is controllable and no strict measures are required.
He stated, “The pandemic is not yet over, but it has lost its fear factor. The virus can be controlled in everyday life.”
German coronavirus prevention measures
have already started to lighten up recently. Germany officially ceased
requiring masks on buses and long-distance trains earlier this month as a
result of the downward trend in COVID infection cases. According to Minister
Lauterbach, there is no longer a need for this measure because the number of
Coronavirus infection cases has decreased by 50% since December 2022 and the
number of hospitalizations has also decreased.
Germany decided to eliminate COVID
restrictions once it became obvious that the nation would not be expecting
another COVID wave. According to information from the World Health
Organization, 61 further deaths have been reported along with 81,005 new cases
of COVID infection in the last seven days. As of February 10, 2023, according
to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Germany had
delivered 194,174,719 doses of the coronavirus vaccine, with 73.0% of adults
receiving the first booster and 18.0% receiving the second.
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