As of December 28, 2021, private gatherings of vaccinated and recovered persons are allowed only with a maximum of ten persons. Children up to the age of 14 are exempt. As soon as an unvaccinated person attends a meeting the contact restrictions for unvaccinated persons apply: The meeting is then limited to one's own household and no more than two people from another household.

Meetings of unvaccinated persons are only possible within their own household and a maximum of two persons from another household. Children up to the age of 14 are excepted.

The contact restriction applies both in public spaces and when playing sports on outdoor sports facilities.

Access to indoor areas in numerous facilities such as indoor catering, hotels, indoor sports or services requiring near-body contact where a mask cannot be worn, as well as indoor events, is now only possible for vaccinated or recovered persons or persons of equal status to them* who also have a current negative test certificate (2G+ regulation). People with a booster vaccination do not need proof of testing.
 

Exceptions for minors:

• Children up to 12 years and 3 months of age are still considered vaccinated and do not require additional proof of testing.
• Older vaccinated or recovered children or adolescents up to and including 17 years of age do not require additional negative proof of testing.
• Older children or adolescents up to and including 17 years of age who have not been vaccinated or have recovered may also be present (up to a maximum number of 25) with current proof of testing.

*Vaccinated and recovered persons have the same status as people who cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons and who have an appropriate medical certificate including diagnosis and a current test certificate.

Access to many commercial establishments is now only possible for vaccinated or recovered persons or persons who have the same status (2G). The access restriction does not apply to establishments or facilities serving daily requirements (e.g. grocery stores, pharmacies, drugstores, opticians, petrol stations, bookstores, banks and post offices).

Exceptions:

• children up to 12 years and 3 months are considered vaccinated
• minors who are not vaccinated, recovered or of equal status, with proof of testing

Workplace:

Employers and workers must be vaccinated, recovered or tested at the workplace. The employer must control the status of his/her employees. Rapid tests must have been performed less than 24 hours ago, PCR tests less than 48 hours ago.

Bus, train and air:

The 3G rule applies on buses, trains and planes. Travellers must prove that they have been vaccinated, have recovered or have tested negative. The test must have been taken less than 24 hours ago. Self-testing is not allowed.

Exceptions:

school transport, (symptom-free) children up to the age of 6 and for taxi journeys.

All citizens are entitled to be tested regularly for coronavirus at least once a week free of charge using the PoC antigen test. You can find test centres near you here: https://covid-19-support.lsjv.rlp.de/hilfe/covid-19-test-dashboard/

• Employees of nursing homes, hospitals and integration assistance facilities can terminate isolation after seven days by a mandatory PCR test if those affected were symptom-free for 48 hours before.
• Other personnel who have come in contact with a COVID-positive person or have themselves been infected can end isolation after seven days with a PCR or certified antigen rapid test. 
• For school-age children, isolation as a contact person can be terminated after only five days by a PCR or rapid antigen test.