Germany's nationwide "emergency brake" system-the
public health framework of rules and restrictions first implemented
by the German government in April 2021 to help contain the spread
of COVID-19-expired on June 30, 2021, and, slowly
but surely, some semblance of normality has begun returning to
German citizens' private and working lives. Due to a sharp drop
in COVID-19 infection rates in Germany and because of the progress
of Germany's vaccination campaign, the federal government
recently determined that the time was right to relax restrictive
measures.
On June 25, 2021, the German government issued a new occupational health and safety regulation
(German version) that took effect on July 1, 2021. This regulation
will remain in place until the German government lifts the current
designation, "Epidemic Situation of National
Significance," or at the latest through September 10,
2021.
