Germany could face fresh winter Covid restrictions
Live event organisers issued a preemptive warning to the government against further measures earlier this summer
News By James Hanley | 10 August 2022
The German concert industry could face fresh Covid restrictions this autumn and winter as health chiefs bid to prevent another seasonal spike in infections.
A proposed amendment to the Infection Protection Act would make masks mandatory on public transport and care facilities from 1 October to 7 April, while giving individual states the power to introduce additional regulations – potentially impacting the live music business.
“If event organisers have to reduce capacities at short notice because state governments – even without clear pandemic…