“Customers are not coming anymore.” This is the conclusion reached by Julian Ploch, one of the two owners of the Frankfurt coffee roasting company Hoppenworth & Ploch, after a few months of pandemic under 2-G conditions. Since employees have checked whether the guests have been vaccinated or have recovered, only one regular customer has avoided his three cafe branches. Ploch voluntarily introduced the concept of 2-G out of conviction, as he said: “From our perspective, vaccination is the only way to escape the pandemic.”
According to a survey conducted by the Hotel and Restaurant Association, Ploch belongs to a minority group. Accordingly, only 9% of restaurants and hotels in Germany apply the 2-G rule. Two-thirds started with the 3-G concept. Your guests must prove that they have been vaccinated or recovered-or show a negative rapid test. The rules that restaurant owners must follow vary from state to state.
In Hessen, 3 G is applicable and 2 G is optional. The state government just re-adjusted it: anyone who has not been vaccinated or recovered must undergo a PCR test. Quick test It’s not enough anymore. Starting this week, 3-G will also apply to employees in supermarkets, barber shops, or on buses and trains. There will be no changes to the guests of Plochs Cafés: they still have to show their status in the CovPass app at the table.
As people often experience, mere visual inspection is loud enough Robert Koch InstituteWho developed the application. The validity of the certificate must be checked using the CovPassCheck application, which scans the QR code and identification documents that are accessed. For Ploch, this is more practical than a contact list on paper. However, he was disappointed with the authorities: the Frankfurt supervisory office recently checked in March 2020 whether the coffee chain meets the pandemic requirements.
Why is there no uniform regulation in Germany?
Who controls who and when—this is a matter for the federal states. Christoph Gusy, a professor of public law, said that although the federal government has enacted the Infection Protection Act, which is responsible for checking compliance with rules and inspection methods, it is up to the state government to make the decision. University of BielefeldHe believes that the autonomy of countries is totally justified, because the pandemic will not affect all regions equally. Gusy said that conditions in Bavaria are different from those in Aurich.
Hamburg is the first federal state to rely on the 2-G rule.The first mayor Peter Chinch (SPD) has pointed out many times before that people who have not been vaccinated will have a harder life. Starting in August, restaurants, cafes, and event venues can register with the city government for the new 2-G option. They must clearly indicate at the entrance whether they follow the 2-G model and check the admission permit. In return, all restrictions no longer apply. Unlike those who continue to allow admission under the 3G rules. However, in the beginning, many restaurants or event organizers were reluctant to register for the 2-G mode. But more and more in the next few weeks. The Senate announced upon request that there were 1,938 institutions in total.
The police helped the district office to control the so-called containment laws. According to the Senate, there have been 185 3G or 2G controls in the past week alone. There have been 2,200 controls since September.629 violations found Hamburg Police with. Customers can also be checked by the police—that is, whether everyone in the store with the 2-G option has actually been vaccinated or recovered and logged into the tracking app. In these cases, sometimes only verbal warnings or administrative fines are issued.
The fines catalog stipulates that guests who undergo 2-G surgery without a vaccination or rehabilitation certificate will be fined 150 euros. For operators, a fine of 5,000 euros is considered the standard rate. For repeated violations, the penalty will be doubled. In individual cases, the company can also be closed. Just like a few days ago, when the police inspected a cultural association in St. Pauli, six of the ten guests did not have a complete vaccination certificate, and no one had logged into the contact-tracking application.
