Coronavirus pandemic: ++ Berlin and Bavaria are loosening mask requirements at schools ++


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Status: 04.10.2021 4:06 a.m.

For schoolchildren from Berlin and Bavaria, the mask requirement will be relaxed in class. The Australian city of Melbourne now has a total of 246 days in lockdown mode – a new record. The developments in the live blog.

  • Berlin and Bavaria are loosening the mask requirement in schools
  • Melbourne breaks record: 246 lockdown days
  • Lufthansa: Concern about restrictions in China

4:05 am

The President of the City Council also wants 2G rules in cinemas

In view of the debates about the vaccination quota in Germany, the President of the City Council Burkhard Jung has spoken out in favor of extending the 2G rules to other institutions. The country needs “more 2G rules, especially in educational and nursing contexts,” said Jung of the Düsseldorf “Rheinische Post”. “And only those who have been vaccinated and those who have recovered should have access to cinemas, clubs and fitness studios.” “We have to do everything to motivate even more people to vaccinate and to increase the vaccination rate,” demanded the SPD politician. About 70 percent of adults are currently vaccinated. “That is not enough,” emphasized Jung.

01:52 am

Melbourne breaks record: 246 lockdown days

A good one and a half years after the start of the corona pandemic, the Australian metropolis of Melbourne has set an inglorious record. The capital of the state of Victoria on the east coast is now in lockdown mode for a total of 246 days, reported the Australian broadcaster ABC. Thus Melbourne overtook the previous record holder Buenos Aires.

In Victoria, new corona infections have recently increased dramatically, last week even one record after the other tumbled. The region has been in a strict lockdown for almost two months – for the sixth time. Not only in the greater Melbourne area with its around five million inhabitants, the nerves of many people are therefore on edge, especially since the lockdown is supposed to last for several weeks.

1:50 am

Berlin and Bavaria are loosening the mask requirement in schools

In two federal states, the mask requirement at schools is being relaxed today. In Berlin, the mask requirement is lifted in class up to the sixth grade, in Bavaria, in general, masks no longer have to be worn in class.

There have been bitter arguments about the lifting of the obligation for days. Medical representatives had described a general continuation of the measure in schools as inappropriate. Proponents of the obligation, on the other hand, consider a repeal in view of the high number of unvaccinated people and the infection situation, especially among young people, to be premature. According to RKI data, the coronavirus is particularly severe in children from preschool age and adolescents up to 19 years of age.

1:47 am

Lufthansa: Concern about restrictions in China

Lufthansa is concerned about the coronavirus restrictions in China. The slow opening of the People’s Republic is slowing the airline’s recovery, said Lufthansa boss Carsten Spohr on the sidelines of the annual meeting of the International Aviation Association Iata in Boston.

China has greatly reduced the number of transport links with other countries. Entrants must undergo strict medical tests and quarantine rules. If there are too many sick passengers, flight routes can be temporarily suspended. This not only slows Lufthansa’s recovery from the corona pandemic, but also the recovery of economic relations between China and Germany, added Spohr.

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