Baden-Württemberg abolishes domestic isolation for people infected with corona. The new regulation will apply from this Wednesday. Health Minister Lucha nevertheless calls for people to stay at home with symptoms.
Stuttgart (dpa / lsw) - Anyone who becomes infected with Corona will no longer have to be isolated at home in Baden-Württemberg in the future. A corresponding regulation of the state government will come into force this Wednesday.
Instead, infected people will be required to wear a mask for five days outside their own home, as the Ministry of Health in Stuttgart announced. Health Minister Manne Lucha described the departure from the obligation to isolate "currently justifiable from an infectious point of view." This is shown not least by the experiences in neighboring European countries, which have already taken this step. "Basically, if you are sick and have symptoms, you should stay at home and take sick leave," said the Greens politician.
The new regulation should allow infected people, as far as their state of health allows, to go shopping with a mask or to go for a walk in the fresh air. With a minimum distance of 1.5 meters, the mask can also be dispensed with outdoors. As a further restriction, a new regulation stipulates that infected people are not allowed to enter or work in clinics and nursing homes. The same applies to refugee shelters and prisons.
