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2G rule: Can unvaccinated people soon no longer go shopping in Hessen?

sign with inscription "We have the 2G rule!" hangs on a wall

Instead of easing, there will be tightening of the corona measures this autumn – at least in Hesse. There, the 2G rule should also be implemented in retail in the future. New rules also apply in hospitals, old people’s and nursing homes.

The Hessian Prime Minister Volker Bouffier (CDU) has announced after consultations with the Corona cabinet that the existing 2G option will be extended to the entire retail sector. The companies, which also include supermarkets and discounters, will in future be able to determine for themselves whether they will only receive vaccinated and Genesis products in their shops and thus waive the obligation to keep a mask and a mask.

With the 2G retail option, you would “Wishes from the industry” met, it says in one. “We assume that this option will only be used on a daily basis and that businesses with everyday needs will not make use of it”said Prime Minister Bouffier.

Compulsory testing for hospital staff

New rules also apply in hospitals and old people’s and nursing homes. From now on, unvaccinated hospital staff will have to be tested twice a week. In old people’s and nursing homes, there should no longer be an automatic entry ban for the entire facility in the event of a single infection, but rather individually required protective measures should be used. This is stated in the Coronavirus Protection Ordinance applicable in Hesse.

At the end of the free test options yesterday, Bouffier asks citizens to use vaccination offers and “not careless” to become. “We have made it through the autumn well so far, as the incidence of hospitalizations and intensive care bed occupancy with COVID-19 patients show”, said the Hessian head of government.

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