Allegedly – apart from the warnings of almost all experts – it was not at all to be expected that the pandemic would roll across the country in a fourth wave. Accordingly, Nikolaus and Krampus are now probably very surprised that there are problems again this year. But of course there is also progress. Last year, for example, the Upper Bavaria South Police Headquarters threatened the Perchten, Gankerln and Buttnmandln around Berchtesgaden, who marauded in droves, with the rod and with the 9th Bavarian Infection Protection Ordinance. But now, progress number one, the 15th Bavarian Infection Protection Ordinance already applies. And besides, progress two, the hotspot regions in south-east Upper Bavaria call themselves “hotspot regions in south-east Upper Bavaria” and do other things together. For example with each other meticulously coordinated “common standards for St. Nicholas events”.
As for Santa Claus, he was sufficiently ridiculed last year as a candy super-spreader. This year he has to limit himself to private home visits in the hotspot regions because of the 15th BayIfSM. The health authorities in the southeast recommend, among other things, that Santa Claus and Krampus should come in no more than three and that they are not only vaccinated or recovered, but also tested. Your home visits should only take place on the doorstep, to be on the safe side “in compliance with the applicable contact restrictions for unvaccinated people (2 households, max. 5 people)”.
With such family visits to St. The hotspot health authorities also remind you to “keep a minimum distance of 1.5 meters”. This also contributes to the safety of children in particular, even if the Krampus rod was pedagogically out of date even when the very first BayIfSM came into force. But if you get stupid with Krampus, you can have your vaccination certificate shown this year. And woe betide him, he doesn’t have one.