This was announced by the Senate Department for Health on Friday (January 14, 2022). Thus, Berlin implements the new regulation which had already previously been approved by the federal and state governments. The Bundesrat had confirmed the new regulation on Friday morning. The Berlin health administration has discussed the new rules and coordinated with the health offices of the districts - individual districts had already implemented them before. Berlin's Senator for Health, Ulrike Gote (Green Party), had announced in front of the state parliament on Thursday that a uniform regulation should come on Friday.