(Credit: Peter Adamik)

The Senate of Berlin has announced new rules for entry to theaters, concert halls, and opera houses.

Starting Dec. 28, 2021, 2G+ rule will come into effect, meaning that only people who have vaccinated or have recovered from COVID-19 will be granted entry, but they will also have to test negative for the coronavirus (Rapid antigen test not older than 24 hours, or PCR test not older than 48 hours).

The theaters will only recognize vaccines approved by the European Medicine Agency including Pfizer BioNTech Comirnaty, Moderna mRNA-1273 Spikevax, Astrazeneca Vaxzevria, and Jonson & Johnson Janssen Pharmaceutica NV.

The German federal government and Prime Ministers of German federal states have adopted new measures which will apply starting Dec. 28, 2021 onwards. Opera houses are allowed to stay open, and every federal state can bring the measures it deems epidemiologically appropriate.

The current seven day incidence in Berlin stands at 322.3.