Returning travelers from Corona risk areas cause discussions. Quarantine is intended to replace the compulsory corona test. Those who are affected do not have to take a vacation.
- The obligation to test for travelers from corona risk areas is to be replaced by an extended quarantine .
- The Ministry of Health now points to a special point in Section 56 of the Infection Protection Act, which regulates the assumption of costs in such cases.
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Munich - Travelers who return from a corona risk area and have to be in quarantine should not take a vacation or fear loss of earnings . According to the Federal Ministry of Health, the state steps in in these cases. It is regulated in Section 56 of the Infection Protection Act. A spokesman for the ministry told our newspaper on request that it was "the agreed legal opinion of the federal government" that this also applies when one "knowingly drives into a risk area".
Corona quarantine at state expense? Söder reacts to the skeptical
The regulation is tricky because Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) is planning to abolish the test obligation for returnees , which Bavaria in particular has propagated , and to replace it with more extensive quarantine. Prime Minister Markus Söder * (CSU) therefore reacted negatively to a cost assumption. "We are fundamentally skeptical," said the CSU head of our newspaper. "This results in much higher costs for the taxpayer without improving security."
Claims for compensation for loss of earnings for employees and self-employed
A compensation for loss of earnings after grants 1 IfSG § 56, paragraph when a person as a separator, infection suspect disease suspected or as other carrier of pathogens a disqualification or secretion is subjected to § 56, paragraph 1 of the infection Protection Act (IfSG).
The compensation depends on the loss of earnings: for the first six weeks, it is granted in the full amount of the loss of earnings. At the beginning of the seventh week, it is granted in the amount of sick pay according to Section 47 (1) of Book V of the Social Security Code (SGB V), provided that the loss of earnings does not exceed the annual wage limit of statutory health insurance companies.
(Source: Federal Ministry of Health: Questions and answers on compensation claims according to Section 56 of the Infection Protection Act (IfSG))
Bavaria wants to stick to corona tests
Dealing with travelers will be one of the main points of contention at the Prime Minister's meeting with Angela Merkel. Spahn has many health ministers from the federal states behind him. They say mass tests are too expensive and take up too much capacity in laboratories. Bavaria really wants to stick to it.
Söder receives support from the head of Munich Airport, Jost Lammers. A mandatory quarantine will set the travel industry back. “This would mean that a large number of business and private travelers would no longer be able to implement their travel plans,” said Lammers. * Merkur.de is part of the Germany-wide Ippen digital editorial network
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