Dusseldorf.
Like most federal states, NRW wants to continue to make masks compulsory in public transport for the time being. Three countries have abolished them.
13 out of 16 federal states want to stick to the mask requirement in public transport at least in January and February. This was the result of a survey conducted by the “RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland” among all 16 federal states. Many state health ministries referred to the burdened health system as justification, as the “RedaktionsNetzwerk” (Wednesday) reported.
North Rhine-Westphalia and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania justify maintaining the mask requirement with the desire to prevent further burdens on practices and clinics. According to Hamburg, the mask requirement in local public transport should also help to prevent avoidable infections in the coming weeks.
Schleswig-Holstein, Bavaria and Saxony-Anhalt have abolished the obligation to wear masks in public transport
“An endemic phase is not a sufficient reason to suddenly drop all proven precautionary measures,” said a spokesman for the Berlin Senate Department for Health. Lower Saxony and Bremen also confirmed this. However, it was already agreed in December that, in coordination with Lower Saxony, an abolition of the mask requirement in public transport would be announced by March 1st, according to Bremen.
Thuringia has also announced that it wants to abolish the mask requirement in March – provided the situation does not deteriorate by then. Saxony wants to consult with hospitals and doctors at the beginning of January.
So far, Schleswig-Holstein, Bavaria and Saxony-Anhalt have abolished the mask requirement in public transport. (epd)
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