Hesse relaxes quarantine rules: compulsory testing in schools no longer applies

Created: 04/28/2022, 15:30

From: Julius Fastnacht

In Hesse, the current Corona Protection Ordinance is expiring.

Prime Minister Volker Bouffier (CDU) announced adapted measures on Thursday (April 28).

The live ticker.

• The corona incidence* in Hesse is still at a high level.

• The Corona Protection Ordinance in Hesse expires on Friday (April 29).

• Prime Minister Volker Bouffier (CDU) has now announced easing.

Summary:

The quintessence of the statements by Prime Minister Volker Bouffier (CDU) on Thursday (April 28)?

The new Corona Protection Ordinance in Hesse is particularly noticeable because the quarantine requirement for infected people is reduced from ten to five days.

There is also no free test after the fifth day, it only applies to the health sector.

Second big takeaway: The compulsory testing for unvaccinated students and teachers will be canceled, as reported by fnp.de.

Prime Minister Volker Bouffier gives a press conference on Corona measures

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This is the end of today’s press conference.

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As in the past , Volker Bouffier has few good words left for Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach (SPD).

"No one is helped with horror reports about 'killer viruses'." Lauterbach scares people with his statements, but brings few concrete proposals for action.

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“The 5-day quarantine is the result of a broad consultation,” says Bouffier when asked.

Although the omicron variant is particularly contagious, the hospitalization rate is also very low.

Severe courses have become rarer.

If you want to prevent infections yourself, you have to unpack “all the cutlery” of corona measures again.

And that, says Bouffier, can no longer work.

Also not for legal reasons.

"We have to continue to be careful in the future" - but it is also important to have to live with the existence of the virus in the future.

New Corona Protection Ordinance in Hesse: According to Bouffier, no more compulsory tests in schools in the future

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“Like all the regulations that we make, the new rules apply for four weeks, i.e. until May 26th,” says Bouffier.

The focus of today's regulations is clearly the changes to the quarantine rules.

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In the schools, the compulsory testing for unvaccinated students and teachers is no longer necessary.

This regulation will apply from next Monday (May 2nd).

"But we also want to emphasize personal responsibility," says Bouffier.

Students and teachers regularly receive free self-tests to take at home.

New Corona Protection Ordinance in Hesse: Bouffier announces reduced quarantine obligation

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Nursing staff will only have to be in quarantine for five days in the future.

However, after the time has elapsed, a “qualified test” is necessary.

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 The press conference with the Hessian Prime Minister Volker Bouffier (CDU) has started.

Right at the beginning he announced changes to the current quarantine rules: in future, people who are corona positive should only have to isolate themselves for five days.

A free test is no longer necessary after the time has expired.

If symptoms are still present, positive people should isolate themselves for a further two days.

Update from Thursday, April 28, 1:13 p.m .:

At 2 p.m., Hesse’s Prime Minister Volker Bouffier wants to present the new corona rules for the state at a press conference.

Bouffier previously consulted with his Corona cabinet.

It is expected that most of the current rules will be maintained and extended.

First report from Wednesday, April 27, 2022, 10:03 p.m.:

In Hesse, the corona incidences are still high after around two years, the seven-day incidence on Wednesday (April 27) was 1017.

Nevertheless, Hesse has lifted the general obligation to wear masks indoors, which has eased the quarantine rules.

Only a few corona rules in Hesse have remained in place.

Prime Minister Volker Bouffier (CDU), who is resigning from office at the end of May, wants to announce adjustments to the previously applicable corona protection measures on Thursday (April 28).

Hesse's Corona cabinet last discussed this.

The current Corona Ordinance of the State of Hesse expires on Friday (April 29th).

The current corona protection measures of the state of Hesse need an update.

Prime Minister Volker Bouffier therefore announces adjustments.

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Hesse: Bouffier announced adapted corona protection measures

From 2 p.m. he will explain in Wiesbaden what the country’s population should do in future in order to curb the spread of the virus.

Details of possible adjustments are not yet known.

It was already announced on Tuesday (April 26) that in Hesse the new infections with the corona virus on weekends and public holidays are no longer transmitted on a daily basis.

(dpa/juf)

It was not until March that the Prime Minister of Hesse, Volker Bouffier, handed out the traffic light’s Corona policy.