With increased controls, the Berlin police should check the enforcement of the corona rules from next week. The Interior Senator Andreas Geisel (SPD) announced on Thursday in the House of Representatives.
The 2G rule has been in effect throughout Berlin since Monday: Only those who have been vaccinated and those who have recovered have access to events. It is now to be expanded to 2G plus in the coming week. These can be rules such as additional mask and distance or a test.
“The police will be on the move in consultation with the regulatory authorities,” said Geisel. Those areas in which there are many restaurants and cafes are likely to be particularly affected. “Everyone should know that there are controls. The penalties for violations can be severe, up to and including the closure of such a facility, ”said Geisel. But he limited: In 20,000 restaurants, the controls could only be random samples.
Geisel criticized a statement by the police union (GdP) as “not helpful”. The GdP had declared that neither the police nor the public order offices in the districts could check this across the board. It depends on independent control mechanisms by the respective operators and organizers. “In view of the number of staff and the daily tasks, no politician should get the idea of sending hundreds to restaurants or shopping malls.” Berlin’s police officers have now accumulated around two million hours of overtime.
Berlin’s Governing Mayor Michael Müller (SPD) said: “You can’t seriously expect that there will be comprehensive controls and only then can they be implemented. There is no other area of life where we expect the rules on the basis of which we live together to be monitored around the clock every day. We know there are rules. And when the traffic light turns red, we also stop if there is no police officer at the traffic light. ”Müller therefore appealed to restaurateurs to help them comply with the rules:“ This is not inappropriate monitoring, but protection for us and for your company. “
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