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Starting Saturday, May 22nd, the corona regulations are loosened in the District of Tübingen – just in time for the holidays and Pentecost. The number of people infected with corona remains steadily below a certain critical value. Starting Saturday, the curfew between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. has been lifted. This was announced by the Tübingen District Office on its website. Two households with a maximum of five people can again meet in private. Children until the age of 13 (including those), fully vaccinated and recovered don’t count into this number. Retail stores can continue to offer “Click & Meet”.… Read More

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If the health insurance already pays for the transportation to the family physician, one can also invoice the travel to the corona vaccination center as “ambulance service (Krankenfahrt)”. If one wants to be brough to the vaccination center for free, they need a medical prescription. Family doctors can prescribe these medical prescriptions on the phone. The Ministry for Social Affairs and Health announced this agreement with the health insurances in Baden-Württemberg on January 29th, 2021. tun21020201 Impressionen zum Leben in Zeiten der Corona-Pandemie. Foto: tünews INTERNATIONAL; Mostafa Elyasian 19.05.2020. Latest information on Corona: Click here  3,212 total views

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Children suffer from not seeing their friends. Parents are torn between remote working and teaching. The state government wants to change this situation in Baden-Württemberg after the carnival holidays. Starting Monday, February 22nd, day care centers and primary schools will open gradually. This was reported by governor Winfried Kretschmann on Wednesday after the meeting between the federal and state governments. The currents regulations will continue to apply to secondary schools, with the exception of graduating classes. Remote teaching will continue for the students. Kretschmann announced that next opening steps will only be taken, when less than 35 out of 100.000… Read More

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In Baden-Württemberg, the nightly curfew will only be in effect for a short while longer. Statewide and for the last time, people will have to be in their homes by 8 p.m. on Wednesday, February 20th, and remain there until 5 a.m. on Thursday morning. This was decided by the Higher Administrative Court in Mannheim. The reason for this decision was an urgent motion filed against this restriction by a woman from Tübingen. The state government introduced the curfew on December 12th, 2020. It is not yet decided, if places with a lot of corona infections will have special nightly… Read More

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People coming from Great Britain, Ireland, Portugal, South Africa or Brazil are not allowed entry into Germany, starting Saturday, January 30th. Additionally, the entry ban is in effect for the African countries Lesotho and Eswatini starting on Sunday. The Federal Government is forbidding airlines, train, bus and ship companies the transportation of persons who want to enter Germany from one of these countries. The reason for this is the spread of corona virus variations there. German citizens and foreigners who live in Germany are excepted from this regulation. Transit travelers and goods traffic also continue to be allowed. The regulation… Read More

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School children and those going to daycare will have longer Christmas holidays. Schools and daycare centers will already close on Wednesday, December 16th. The only exception to this are the graduating classes. They will continue with distance learning. This was announced by Baden-Württemberg’s governor Winfried Kretschmann after the new nation- and statewide regulations were declared on Sunday. Schools and daycare centers are supposed to set up emergency care for children in daycare and students up to grade 7. However, the governor said that this emergency care should only be used by parents who have to go to work. If possible,… Read More

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The German Chancellor and the heads of government of the German states agreed on a further tightening of existing Corona regulations during a conference call on December 13th, 2020. From Wednesday, December 16th, 2020, to January 10th, 2021, most retailers will have to close. Stores that sell groceries are exempt, as are drugstores and pharmacies. Also exempt are gas stations, garages for motor vehicles or bicycles, banks or post offices. Christmas trees may also be sold. As of December 16th, hairdressers and similar service businesses, such as tanning salons, must also close. However, medically necessary treatments will remain permitted. For… Read More

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Already, patients with a light cold were able to get a sick note from their doctor by phone. So far, this applied till the end of the year. However, this option has now been extended by three months, until the end of March 2021. The joint committee of doctors, health insurance companies and hospitals came to this decision. As was rule before, doctors have to thoroughly question the patient about their state of health on the phone. They then have to decide if an in-person visit to the practice is necessary. The sick leave via phone can be issued for… Read More

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Baden-Württemberg has changed one item in the corona rules applicable from Tuesday, 1st of December. The exception that a maximum of ten people plus children up to their 15th birthday can meet at Christmas has been shortened. This rule will now only apply from 23th to 27th December. From 1st to 23rd December, only a maximum of five people from two households plus children may meet. This is stated in the country’s regulation published on 30th November. However, this may change again. It depends on the development of the corona situation whether the regulation will really be relaxed over Christmas… Read More

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The corona testing station on the Tübingen fairground has been operating for some time. Now, the fever walk-in clinic is also reopening there. Starting Monday, November 2nd, it will be open every day, including weekends, from 2 pm to 6 pm. Patients with corona symptoms can come to the outpatient fever clinic. They do not need to register by telephone and do not need a referral. However, they should inform their family doctor of their visit to the fever outpatient clinic. There is a doctor at the entrance to the fairground. He will send people with corona symptoms directly to… Read More

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In Baden-Württemberg, so many people are now infected with the coronavirus that the state government has taken measures to protect against further spread. These will apply starting Monday, October 19th. In pedestrian zones, on market squares and wherever the minimum distance of 1.5 meters cannot be maintained, people throughout Baden-Württemberg must now wear a face mask over their mouth and nose. In public institutions, too, masks are now mandatory in places to which the public has access. This was decided by the state government on October 18th. It is written in the Fifth Regulation amending the Corona Regulation. In accordance… Read More

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In Baden-Württemberg, there is a new regulation for travelers. Starting on Wednesday, September 16th, only returnees from risk areas can be tested at the Corona test stations in the state – not all travel returnees. Currently, there are test stations at the airports of Stuttgart, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden and Friedrichshafen, at Stuttgart Central Station and at the freeway service stations Neuenburg/Ost and Kemmental/Ost. In any case, the state will operate these test stations until after the end of the summer vacations. For residents of the district of Tübingen, the drive-in test station on the Tübingen fairground (Tübinger Festplatz) has been open again… Read More

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