Saxles, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Bavaria were the first. Other federal states then followed and led step by step wearing masks in public.
Baden-Württemberg, Thuringia, Schleswig-Holstein, Hesse, Hamburg, Berlin and Saxony-Anhalt have been there since Tuesday. At the Then came Wednesday Lower Saxony such as Brandenburg with its own regulations add then a little later North Rhine-Westphalia, the Saarland, Rhineland-Palatinate and as the tail light Bremen.
The regulation in the city-state should be decided on Friday and apply from Monday to local public transport and shopping in shops, a spokesman for the state government announced on Wednesday.
The beginning of the round started Baden-Wuerttemberg. From April 27, the duty to cover the mouth and nose when shopping and in local transport will apply, said Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) in Stuttgart on Tuesday. If necessary, a scarf would do it, too.
Also Saxony-Anhalt State government decided on Tuesday to wear a mouthguard for shopping and public transport. It should apply from Thursday.
A little later moved Schleswig-Holstein to. Prime Minister Daniel Günther (CDU) announced that his cabinet will decide on Wednesday to make wearing a mouth-and-nose cover compulsory when shopping and on public transport from April 29.
Hesse also announced on Tuesday afternoon that a mask should apply to shops and local public transport.
As of Friday, the 24th of Aril, those too Thuringian wear a face mask on buses and trains and when shopping.
The city also plans to start on Monday Hamburg get in and oblige their citizens to wear face protection. Also act on Tuesday Berlin. In the German capital, a mouthguard is mandatory on buses and trains, but not in shops, starting Monday.
Because of the common transport network with the German capital then also posed on Wednesday Brandenburg a mask requirement in long-distance and local transport is in prospect for the coming Monday. A little later it was said that it should also apply to retail. The cabinet will take its decision this Thursday.
Also performed on Wednesday Lower Saxony introduced a nationwide mask requirement to contain the coronavirus after the country previously refrained from doing so. It will come into force on April 27th.
On Tuesday, it was said that Hanover would wait for the next federal-state talks in the coming week and leave it with an urgent recommendation to wear everyday masks.
Then it went on quickly: Also North Rhine-Westphalia, the Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate announced their own regulations.
The police union called for a nationwide uniform regulation on the requirement for masks on the previous day. “It cannot be the job of the police to explain the differences in the regulations of the federal states to the citizens,” said the state chairman of the union in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Christian Schumacher, on Tuesday. “There shouldn’t be a solo attempt or outbidding competition in the federal territory.”
The states in the mask check
Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and the prime ministers had only agreed last week to strongly recommend wearing so-called everyday masks on buses and trains and in retail.
WELT documents the individual federal states and their current regulations.
In Schleswig-Holstein From April 29th, a mask requirement for shopping and public transport will apply. People now have a week to equip themselves accordingly, said Prime Minister Daniel Günther (CDU). It is important that the real FFP protective masks are kept available for the medical staff.
In Saxony Masks have been mandatory in shops and local transport since Monday. The state was also the first in Germany to make face covering mandatory. A simple cloth or scarf is enough to cover the nose and mouth.
Baden-Wuerttemberg will make it mandatory to wear protective masks in shops and in local public transport from next Monday (April 27). Even simple coverings help to inhibit the spread of the virus, said Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (Greens).
Saxony-Anhalt introduces the wearing of a face mask when shopping and in public transport at the beginning of Thursday (April 23). A scarf or a scarf was enough for that, it said. Violations of the regulation would initially not be punished with a fine.
In Thuringia As of Friday (April 24th), citizens must wear a face mask on buses and trains and when shopping. The state government decided on Tuesday in Erfurt. A mask requirement has been in effect in Jena for two weeks, making the city a pioneer nationwide and, according to its own information, has not recorded any new infections with Covid-19 since then.
In Bavaria As of next week, citizens will be obliged to cover their mouths and noses in local public transport and in shops. Here the duty is interpreted particularly strictly: Even children from the age of seven should wear face protection, like the cabinet on Tuesday decided in Munich. The pupils who return to school from Monday are exempt from this. In addition, a fine for masked muffles is planned, but the amount has not yet been determined.
In Hamburg again, as of next Monday (April 27), wearing a mask will also be mandatory. This was announced by Hamburg Mayor Peter Tschentscher (SPD). The previous recommendations on wearing masks against the further spread of the corona pandemic had not been sufficiently fruitful, he said. From then on, these would have to be worn in retail, at weekly markets and in local public transport.
In Lower Saxony initially only individual cities went ahead. In Wolfsburg, for example, it has been mandatory to wear a face covering since the beginning of the week. Braunschweig wanted to follow suit next Saturday. On Wednesday, the Ministry of Health announced that from April 27th, wearing a mask in all of Lower Saxony was mandatory for local transport and retail.
North Rhine-Westphalia initially relied on voluntariness. Minister of Health Karl-Josef Laumann also rejected an obligation on the part of the citizens to wear masks because retailers are currently unable to offer so-called everyday masks sufficiently, he said on Tuesday of the “Rheinische Post”. Now the state government has turned around: From next Monday (April 27th), wearing a mask when shopping as well as on buses and trains will be mandatory in NRW as well.
At first there was also hesitation Rhineland-Palatinate. The red-yellow-green state government had so far left it only to recommend mouth-nose protection in shops and in public transport. On Wednesday, however, the general trend joined. From April 27, mouth and nose protection is mandatory for local public transport and shopping in shops.
That was in the joint declaration of several federal states on Wednesday Saarland represented. Here, too, the mask requirement applies from next Monday (April 27). People who use local and long-distance transport and want to visit shops are affected.
In Hesse a mask requirement will also be introduced promptly. This should apply to business and local public transport, said a government spokesman at the request of the German Press Agency. A cabinet decision was still pending, it was planned for Tuesday evening. It is not yet clear when exactly the obligation will apply.
In Berlin From the coming week (April 27th), people will have to wear mouth and nose protection on buses, suburban trains and underground trains. This was decided by the Senate. In contrast to other federal states, this should not apply to retail. The Greens in particular had opposed a general mask requirement in the capital.
The state Brandenburg has long resisted the trend of the mask. However, after Berlin introduced an obligation to wear local and long-distance transport, Potsdam followed suit on Wednesday. Interior Minister Michael Stübgen (CDU) announced that from Monday (April 27) onwards, a mask will be required in suburban trains, buses and trams. The city of Potsdam continues. Corona cases had piled up in the local Bergmann Clinic. In the state capital, mouth guards should therefore be worn when shopping next week, report local media.
In Mecklenburg-West Pomerania As of next Monday (April 27th), masks will also be compulsory in local public transport and, since the law was tightened on Wednesday, will also be in stores. The government of Manuela Schwesig (SPD) has a special feature: face protection must also be worn in libraries.
Bremen originally wanted to see until Friday whether many people voluntarily wear a mask. Otherwise, the Senate will decide on a mask requirement, said Interior Senator Ulrich Mäurer (SPD). On Wednesday afternoon, things went faster: Bremen was the last federal state to introduce a cockpit to wear mouth-nose protection. It will be decided on Friday and will then apply to local transport and shopping from Monday.
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