Lauterbach lifts the mask requirement for long-distance traffic. Finally – opinion

And yet he moves. Karl Lauterbach, increasingly the last one standing Caution in the team, has announced the end of the mask requirement in long-distance transport for February 2nd. That’s only two months earlier than originally planned. It should still be a big step for Lauterbach: not too long ago he had rejected further easing and instead warned of a new virus variant.