Chancellor Angela Merkel met with the 16 state premiers on Tuesday to thrash out Germany’s strategy for dealing with the fourth Covid wave this autumn. There will be some exceptions such as for those who can’t get the Covid vaccine for medical reasons and children. The 3G requirement – which means people have to be vaccinated (geimpft), in recovery from Covid (genesen) or tested (getestet) will be significantly tightened. This rule will come in nationwide on August 23rdThe 7-day incidence is to remain the definitive benchmark for assessing the Covid situation in Germany. “Our normal life is coming back through vaccination,” Söder said.

Source: The Local August 11, 2021 07:41 UTC