Germany's Health Minister Karl Lauterbach announced that the mask mandate on long-distance planes and buses will soon be dropped on Feb. 2.
drop a mask mandate on long-distance trains and buses, one of the country's last remaining COVID-19 restrictions, the health minister said Friday.Other European countries already have scrapped mask mandates in public transport, and Lauterbach faced increasing pressure to follow suit in recent weeks. Masks remain mandatory in doctors’ practices, while masks and negative tests are still required to enter hospitals and nursing homes.
The long-distance transportation rules were scheduled to end on April 7, though legislation allows for them to be suspended earlier if the situation is better than expected. People wearing masks are shown boarding a subway train in Berlin, Germany, on June 23, 2020. Germany's health minister says the country plans to drop the mask mandate on long-distance trains and buses.
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