German hygiene recommendations standardized
For the first time since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, Germany has a uniform nationwide standard for assessing the air hygiene of cultural venues in the form of recommendations from the State Ministry of Culture and the Media.
It was drawn up by an interdisciplinary committee of scientists with the involvement of cultural event organizers and the Federal Environment Agency. It was initiated by the Minister of State for Culture and the Media.
The recommendations provide operators of cultural event venues with uniform guidance for hygiene measures on site. This applies both to short-term preventive measures during the current pandemic, as well as in the medium and long term for the time afterwards. The recommendations enable flexible adjustments to be made to the infection situation and can form the basis for uniform nationwide certification.
