Category: CORONA ENGLISH

Baden-Württemberg wants to loosen the corona-regulations gradually. This was announced by governor Winfried Kretschmann in the state parliament on Friday. The openings are supposed to happen step by step. The first step will be in effect on Monday, March 8th. The benchmark is the so-called seven-days-incidence, which means the number of new infections with the corona-virus per 100.000 residents within a week. There will be more freedom in all counties, in which the incidence is below 100 on three consecutive days. Then, up to five adults plus children under the age of 14 from two households can meet again. Bookstores… Read More

People who receive Unemployment Benefit II (Hartz IV) can receive FFP2-masks for free. However, this only applies until March 6th, 2021. This offer also applies to people from the household who are included in the insurance, such as children or people who are unable to work. People eligible for free masks should have received an information letter from their health insurance. In exchange for this letter and by showing their identity card, people can receive masks in the pharmacy. This masks help in containing the corona-pandemic. More information under: https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/themen/coronavirus/regelung-zu-masken-1842704 tun21030102 Impressionen zum Leben in Zeiten der Corona-Pandemie: Foto: tünews… Read More

Because of the corona-pandemic, statutory insured employees have a claim to 20 instead of ten days of children’s sick pay per parent – therefore 40 days together. For single parents, this claim doubles from 20 to 40 days. This applies, if children under the age of twelve are sick and when the parents or single parents have to take care of them at home, because of the closed day care centers and schools. The Bundesrat has now also agreed to this, following the Bundestag. The claim to children’s sick pay applies retrospectively from the 5th of January, when Federal President… Read More

The Mössingen Tafel was closed for six weeks. On Friday, February 26th, at 2 p.m., it will open again. For this, strict distance and hygiene rules apply. Customers without a medical mask or a FFP2-masl will not be served. Only one person per card may come. The customers will receive prepackaged bags outside and the money should be counted beforehand. New customers can register on Tuesday, March 2nd, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., at the Tafel office in the Freiherr-vom-Stein-Straße 20. For the registration, you have to bring the decree by the Job Centre or the Foreigners’ Registration Office.… Read More

During the pandemic, many people ask themselves: Is it more dangerous to go grocery shopping or go to the hairdresser or the museum? How high is the risk of infection in a bus or train, at the workplace, in the gym or at school? A recently published study by scientist from the Technical University of Berlin gives answers to these questions. They have developed a mathematical model to calculate the infection risk in different kinds of closed spaces. For this calculation, the authors assume that one infected person is in a closed space and calculate the probability of different persons… Read More

Families who receive basic security benefits after SGB II from the job center, the so-called Hartz IV, can receive up to 350 € per child to buy digital devices such as laptops or tablets and accessories. This current directive from the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs to the job centers applies retrospectively for January 1st, 2021. This way, the Ministry wants to prevent children from families in need to fall behind on their distance learning due to the corona pandemic. However, the claim for support for laptops or tablets only applies, if the necessary devices cannot be provided… Read More