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During the protests against Corona’s measures last weekend, most people in Berlin did not wear a mask. The Senate wants to end this in the future.
For demonstrations in Berlin with more than 100 participants, a mask requirement will apply in the future. According to information from the German Press Agency, the Senate agreed to this at its meeting on Tuesday. However, there should be exceptions, for example for Corsican cars and emos bikes. Under the previous infection protection ordinance in Berlin, demonstrators were not required to wear mouth and nose protection. Details will be announced at the press conference following the Senate meeting on Tuesday afternoon.
This mask requirement applies, for example, on buses and trains or in retail and, from the beginning of the new school year, also in school buildings, but not during lessons. The Senate discussed the issue on Tuesday after there were several demonstrations in Berlin against Corona’s policy over the weekend.
“High risk to the health of the population”
According to authorities estimates, a total of about 38,000 people took part in protests against the Corona measures in Berlin on Saturday. The Berlin authorities actually wanted to ban the gatherings, but they were subject to court.
As a reason for the prohibition order, the police had pointed out that the gathering of tens of thousands of people, often without a mask or distance, represented too high a health risk for the population. This was already demonstrated by the demonstration against the Crown policy on August 1 in Berlin, during which most of the protesters consciously ignored hygiene rules.
Berlin Interior Senator Andreas Geisel (SPD) had already announced on Monday that he would be in favor of mandatory masks for demonstrations.
