From May 1st, isolation only “strongly recommended”

Created: 04/04/2022, 19:04

Karl Lauterbach (SPD), Federal Minister of Health, speaks at a press conference in the Federal Ministry of Health after the video conference of the federal and state health ministers on the new quarantine rules.

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For people with a corona infection, there should only be an “urgent recommendation” for five days of isolation from May 1st.

The federal and state health ministers agreed on new rules on Monday, as Federal Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) announced.

Contacts should be avoided, an order from the health department should no longer be provided.

Berlin – For infected employees in health or care facilities, however, the isolation should continue to be ordered by the office and only end after five days after a negative rapid or PCR test, according to the conference of health ministers.

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Contact persons of infected people are therefore also “strongly recommended” to go into quarantine for five days.

Infected and contact persons should test themselves regularly.

With the easing of the quarantine rules, mass staff shortages should also be avoided when the number of infections is high.

They are based on a suggestion by the Federal Ministry of Health and the Robert Koch Institute (RKI).

So far, the secretions usually last ten days and can be ended with a negative test after seven days.

A formal order from the health department is often no longer issued.

dpa