The SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach calls for more controls and penalties for the 2G rule. So should Restaurants that guests do not control will be closed for up to six weeks.
The SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach has spoken out in favor of drastic penalties if corona access rules for vaccinated and convalescent people (2G) should not be controlled. “That has to be strictly controlled. If, for example, a restaurant 2G does not control it and is then noticed, it leads to six weeks of closure,” demanded Lauterbach in the ARD program “Maischberger. Die Woche”. The SPD politician emphasized: “Without the courage to introduce 2G across the board very drastically and with strict controls, we will not get this wave under control.”
Cities rely on people’s insight and controls
The cities are urging to follow Corona access rules to restaurants or event rooms. “With 2G or 3G rules, the number of infections can only be reduced noticeably if everyone adheres to them,” said the chief executive of the German Association of Cities, Helmut Dedy, of the German press agency. Here one relies on the insight of the people that these rules help to avoid contagion. Of course, compliance must also be checked.
Whoever opens restaurants or clubs according to these guidelines, organizes concerts and other events, has to ensure that, warned Dedy. “So the restaurateurs and event organizers have a duty and shouldn’t lose weight.” If you want to get in, you have to be vaccinated, recovered (2G) or – with 3G – at least be tested.
Employees of the public order offices are also out and about in the cities and make random checks. “They give advice, admonish and also impose fines,” said Dedy. “And the more 3G or 2G rules take effect, the more these companies in the leisure sector have to expect to be checked.”
Lauterbach and the FDP health expert Christine Aschenberg-Dugnus also spoke out in favor of employers being allowed to query the vaccination status of their employees in the future. The two possible coalition partners announced that there will still be a draft for the Bundestag on the right to information. He was of the opinion “that there must be the right to information in this catastrophic situation,” said Lauterbach.