Coronainfo 04-2021 No.8 Current Corona rules 23-04-2021 – 14-05-2021 Please note: Changes are possible at short notice! This is no legally binding information. Private life Schools & day care centres Leisure | Sports| Culture Public spaces BASIC INFORMATION Get protected by the DHM + A + A formula Suspected of being infected and testing Home quarantine I stayed in a risk area abroad. What do I have to do next? Coronavirus vaccination: Who can book an appointment and what is the vaccination procedure? ADDITIONAL OFFICIAL INFORMATION PROVIDED BY • Corona information by the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreises www.enkreis.de • Special coronavirus sites of the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia www.land.nrw. • Health Department of North Rhine-Westphalia www.mags.nrw • Integration Commissioner (information provided in several languages) www.integrationsbeauftragte.de • German government www.bundesregierung.de • Federal Ministry of Health www.bundesgesundheitsministerium.de • Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung (BZgA) www.infektionsschutz.de • Robert-Koch-Institut (RKI) www.rki.de - 2 - CORONA RULES | PRIVATE LIFE In case of a seven-day incidence of more than 100 new infections per 100.000 citizens for three consecutive days in a district or in an independent town the corona emergency brake shall apply. The Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs will issue the respective incidence-related regulations. Private contacts • Meeting other people should be reduced to what is absolutely necessary. • Meeting: a) max. five persons from two households in public spaces in case of a seven-day incidence <100* b) max. one person from another household in private and public spaces in case of a seven-day incidence >100* (children up to 14 years of age excluded in both cases) • Couples are considered to be one household even if they don’t live together Private parties • Parties and events are prohibited. Funerals and civil marriages in the presence of close relatives are still possible (small group). Contact data of guests should be kept for four weeks. • Curfews (= duty to stay at home) • a) Seven-day incidence <100*: no curfew • b) Seven-day incidence >100*: curfew from 10.00 pm to 5.00 am • There are only a few exceptions to curfews such as way to work, care for persons badly needing help, using medical services and taking out the dog for a walk • Jogging or walking (one person) permissible until 12.00 am *three consecutive days CORONA RULES | SCHOOLS AND DAY CARE CENTRES Day care centres: • a) Seven-day incidence <100*: limited normal services, individual childcare reduced by 10 hours • b) Seven-day incidence >100 to 165*: Limited normal services, individual childcare reduced by 10 hours • c) Seven-day incidence >165*: Needs-based emergency care for children required to be taken to a day care centre, evidence or written self-declaration required Alternating classes and coronavirus self-tests in schools • Children can only attend classes when doing two coronavirus self-tests conducted at school and if there is a negative test result. In case of part-time classes or alternating classes followed by one or only two consecutive face-to-face teaching days pupils are tested once a week. Alternatively, a rapid coronavirus test certificate by an official test centre shall be presented. Such test result must not be older than 48 hours. Pupils not taking part in testing will be excluded from face-to-face teaching but will be allowed to take part in final examinations in separate rooms. • Except for final years there will be alternating classes. • In case of a seven-day incidence >165* there will only be distance learning except for special schools and final years. Mandatory mask-wearing • Any person staying on school premises or in school buildings shall wear a medical face mask. • If students up to grade 8 can’t wear a medical face mask as they don’t fit, a community mask may be used instead. • A face mask doesn’t have to be worn when eating during meal breaks when you are sitting at your place in class or if you are in your learning group in a school canteen or if you are the only person in a room. Face-to-face teaching for max. five students shall be allowed for: • Private lessons • Music or art lessons • Swimming training for beginners and swimming courses for small children *three consecutive days » BACK » - 3 - CORONA RULES | LEISURE Closed or prohibited irrespective of seven-day incidence: • Theatres, opera houses, discotheques, cinemas, amusement parks, ... • Fairs, exhibitions, jumble markets, funfairs, big events, … • Gambling halls, casinos … • Sports grounds and gyms, public swimming pools (except for swimming training for beginners and small children) • Canteens, restaurants, tuck shops, cafés, … delivery and collection of meals for eating at home is permitted • Stay overnight in hotels for private reasons and travel bus tours for tourists Open or permitted irrespective of seven-day incidence*: • Shops for daily needs such as supermarkets, groceries, pharmacies, banks, fuel stations, post offices, pet supplies shops, pet food shops subject to limited number of customers depending on shop size and medical face mask • Medical practices (e.g. physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, foot care, …) for medical treatment • Playgrounds (face mask required) • Driving schools, schools of water sports, flight schools Open or permitted depending on seven-day incidence on three consecutive days Other retailers / shops • a) Seven-day incidence <100*: subject to appointment booked in advance and strict hygiene rules (click & meet) • b) Seven-day incidence >100 to max. 150*: shopping subject to appointment booked in advance and negative coronavirus test result on a daily basis (click & meet + negative test) • c) Seven-day incidence >165*: closed, collection only (click & collect) Culture & leisure • a) Open in case of seven-day incidence <100* subject to appointment booked in advance and strict hygiene rules and/or b) closed in case of a seven-day incidence of >100*: museums, exhibitions, castles, memorials, botanic gardens, zoos, libraries Close-contact services • a) Open in case of seven-day incidence <100* subject to appointment booked in advance and strict hygiene rules: hairdresser’s and other close-contact services such as manicure, massage and tattooing • b) In case of a seven-day incidence >100*: no non-medical close-contact services except for hairdresser’s, pedicure subject to negative coronavirus test result on a daily basis Sports • a) Seven-day incidence <100*: outdoor sports subject to all contact restrictions; children up to the age of 14 can do sports in groups of max. 20 persons • b) Seven-day incidence > 100*: outdoor sports, two persons from one household or max. two persons, non-contact sports in groups of children up to the age of 14 (max. 5 children) * three consecutive days CORONA RULES | PUBLIC SPACES Meeting in public spaces (outside living quarters) • Meeting in public spaces • a) max. five persons from two households in case of a seven-day incidence <100 • b) max. one person from another household in case of a seven-day incidence >100 (except for children under the age of 14 in both cases). • Couples are deemed to be one household even though they don’t live together. • In public spaces a min. distance of 1.5 metres to other persons shall be kept. • Curfews (= duty to stay at home) • a) Seven day incidence <100*: no curfew • b) Seven day incidence >100: curfew from 10.00 pm to 5.00 am • There are only a few exceptions to curfews such as way to work, care for persons badly needing help, using medical services and taking out the dog for a walk Jogging or walking (one person) permissible until 12.00 am Wearing medical face masks and community masks in public spaces • Medical face mask means, surgical face mask and FFP2 face mask and higher standards (all without exhalation valve). • In closed public spaces such as shops, medical practices, in public transport, museums, castles, zoos and during services, in face-to-face examinations, close-contact services, First Aid courses…), transport service, at work if you are unable to keep a distance of 1.5. metres. • If children not having attained the age of 14 are unable to wear medical face masks as they don’t fit, a community mask may be used instead. • If you aren’t required to wear a medical face mask, a community mask shall be worn in designated areas of public spaces (e.g. parking spaces, markets, near open retail shops within a distance of 10 metres to the entrance. • Any person who isn’t allowed to wear face masks for medical reasons shall present a corresponding medical certificate upon request. • Children up to and including the age of six don’t have to wear a face mask. Working at home/Homeoffice • Employers are required to allow their staff to work at home if possible (e.g. office work). * three consecutive days » BACK » - 4 - Basic information: DHM + A + A formula HOW CAN IN PROTECT MYSELF AND OTHER PEOPLE? • In order to prevent an uncontrollable spreading of the coronavirus some main rules must be followed. The DHM+A+A-formula (maintain Distance, follow Hygiene rules, wear medical face Mask, Air regularly and use Corona-App) helps protect you and other people. • The virus mainly spreads in the air and when speaking (if there is no adequate distance). Keep Distance! • In order to protect other people keep a distance of min 1.5 metres (approx. three steps). • Even if you feel healthy the virus may be in your body and infect other people. • Don’t embrace other people or shake hands with them. Follow Hygiene rules! • Cough and sneeze in your elbow. • Wash and disinfect your hands in regular intervals. Wear community Mask or medical face mask! • Wearing a medical face mask (FFP2 or surgical mask) is the best way of preventing an infection or infecting other people.