Most recently, many conversations about #Covid with journalist colleagues & scientists from abroad. Our latest @welt investigation reveals: the German govt is considering the implementation of a general obligation to wear masks indoors from October 2022 until Easter each year.
The idea is to make masks compulsory during the winter months when Covid cases have been higher since the beginning of the pandemic. Advocates of the plan reportedly hope that it will not only slow the spread of Covid but also hinder other lung infections from spreading at a time of year when flu infections are typically high.
The wording would copy the vocabulary of road rules, which require Germans to put on winter tires between October and Easter.
The rules would likely apply in restaurants, bars and shops. It is unclear whether they would be imposed again in schools and kindergartens.
Currently mask wearing is only obligatory on public transport and in medical and care institutions.
The reported plan could be put into a new version of the Infection Protection Act which is set to expire in September.
Germany mulls making masks mandatory ‘from October to Easter’ (thelocal.de)