corona pandemic Mask and isolation requirements are falling in many places In Bavaria, it is no longer necessary to wear a mask in medical practices and outpatient facilities. photo © Robert Michael/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa The nationwide corona rules officially apply for a little over two months. However, individual regulations and protective measures are gradually being dropped in the federal states. After the end of the mask requirement in Baden-Württemberg on Tuesday, central corona protective measures were taken in other federal states this...
Source: Government Information Service Published 31/01/2023 Here is what changes from this Wednesday, February 1, 2023. Extension of the tariff shield on electricity The extension in 2023 of the tariff shield includes, from February 1, a limited increase in electricity tariffs of 15% for households, small businesses and small municipalities. Increase in the rate of booklet A As announced by the Minister of Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty, Bruno Le Maire, the passbook A rate goes from 2...
Is the pandemic behind us? If the Covid-19 still infects thousands of people daily in France, the government has decided that it is time to lift - almost completely - the foot on health measures. As of February 1, the end of derogatory work stoppages without a waiting day for people who test positive for Covid-19, according to a decree published on Saturday in Official newspaper.Is this the right time to end these measures? What impact will their lifting have...
From February 1st, people with a corona infection in North Rhine-Westphalia will no longer have to go into domestic isolation. The mask requirement in local public transport will then no longer apply. more source site
With a view to the current infection situation, she considers the expiry of the obligation to isolate to be justifiable. "In addition, Saxony-Anhalt remains in line with other federal states, which are also letting the isolation requirement expire in the coming weeks." At the same time, the minister appealed to citizens to be tested if symptoms appear. In the event of illness, one should “stay at home, reduce contacts, as is the case with other illnesses,” says Grimm-Benne. source site
Status: 01/12/2023 1:55 p.m Lower Saxony's Health Minister Daniela Behrens (SPD) has announced the end of the corona isolation obligation. The corresponding regulation expires on January 31 - and will not be extended. Behrens spoke of the "right step towards normality in dealing with Covid-19". Lower Saxony survived both the autumn wave in October and the currently ebbing winter wave without the health system being overloaded due to corona," said the Minister of Health. According to her authority, Germany and...
Status: 12/23/2022 10:26 am Despite the wave of illness, many people make their way to family and friends again before Christmas. The Corona rules have been softened in many places. Where is it still mandatory to wear a mask, who needs a test? An overview. the initial situation Many people are currently ill or have sick family members at home - coughs, runny noses, sore throats are making the rounds. Sometimes it's a cold, sometimes the flu, sometimes another respiratory...
When Christmas approaches, some prisoners in Rennes prison receive a small package from their family. The constraint ? Find someone who can bring it personally during a visit. Not always easy. Here, the women who are imprisoned are all sentenced to long sentences and come from all over France, sometimes from Guyana. Without close family, many of them experience extreme isolation, deprived of any contact with the outside world. "We do not forgive the crime to a woman", sometimes summarizes...
Coronavirus Union: Lift isolation requirement for health workers Sepp Müller is deputy chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag. photo © Kay Nietfeld/dpa "Those who are ill stay at home - and the rest go to work": With a view to the overload in the clinics, the Union calls for the isolation obligation for medical staff to be abolished. From the point of view of the CDU and CSU in the Bundestag, the obligation to isolate medical...
Status: 12/08/2022 5:51 p.m In Denmark, it will no longer be recommended to isolate yourself because of a corona infection. Because the number of patients in hospitals is stable, Covid-19 has been put on a par with diseases such as flu. In Denmark, it is no longer advised to isolate yourself from your fellow human beings after a corona infection. In new guidelines for dealing with the virus in healthcare, the Danish health authority Sundhedsstyrelsen put Covid-19 on a par...
