In Dresden, the current Saxon Corona Protection Ordinance applies, which regulates the corresponding measures. In addition to the local incidence, the number of hospital beds occupied by Covid 19 patients in normal and intensive care units in the Free State of Saxony is decisive. The associated regulations come into force on the day after next if the threshold value has previously been exceeded or fallen below on five days (5+2 rule). For the areas of daycare centres and (remedial) schools, the Saxon School and Daycare Centre Operation Restriction Ordinance applies in parallel.
From an incidence of 10, there is an obligation to wear a medical mouth-nose protection, including in shops and markets. If the incidence is above 35, contact registration must take place in certain areas and proof of recovery, vaccination or a negative test must be presented ("3G regulation").
A pre-warning level occurs at 650 occupied beds in normal or 180 beds in intensive care units by Covid 19 patients in the Free State. From this threshold, contact restrictions apply again, public or private gatherings of no more than ten people are allowed. If there are more than 1,300 occupied beds in normal wards or 420 beds in intensive care units, the overload level takes effect. Once this is reached, a household may only meet with one other person. In addition, only vaccinated and convalescent patients may use certain facilities and services ("2G regulation"). Vaccinated, convalescent persons and children under 14 years of age do not count in these regulations. The regulations are valid for the entire Free State.
Irrespective of the incidence or the pre-warning or overload level, all shops, facilities, companies as well as organisers and other offers are obliged to maintain and implement a written hygiene concept. The hygiene concept may be reviewed. For large events (gathering of more than 1,000 visitors at the same time), a permit is required.
Children under six years of age or those who have not yet started school, as well as vaccinated or convalescent children, are generally exempt from compulsory testing. Test certificates are generally valid for 24 hours (a tightening may be determined by the respective house law and its hygiene concept). Test certificates for pupils are not required, as they are subject to regular compulsory testing due to compulsory school attendance according to the School and Daycare Corona Ordinance. Separate proof (e.g. pupil ID) is not mandatory, as school attendance is compulsory in Germany and age is therefore sufficient as proof. For pupils of secondary schools or vocational schools, it can nevertheless be helpful to carry a student ID in order to be able to show it upon request.
Employees who have not worked for at least five working days in a row due to holidays or leave of absence from duty as well as from work must submit a vaccination, convalescence or test certificate to the employer on the first working day after this interruption of work or carry out a supervised test in the course of the first working day.
Overview of regulations on offers and facilities (Free State of Saxony)(PDF)(german)
Overview regulations events (Free State of Saxony)(PDF)(german)
Current measures in Dresden
Incidence level above 35 (Corona-Dashboard Dresden)
On Thursday, 9 September 2021, the City of Dresden exceeded the 35 incidence level for the fifth day in a row. According to the current Saxon Corona Protection Ordinance, the following rules, among others, will thus apply again from Saturday, 11 September 2021:
- There are still no contact restrictions
- Day-care centres: regular operation independent of incidence; access is not permitted without a negative Corona test (two per week) (children in day-care centres and kindergartens are exempt from compulsory testing), no compulsory testing but compulsory use of masks for accompanying persons when dropping off or picking up, documentation of all persons providing care and persons being cared for as well as persons who spend more than 10 minutes in the facility.
- School: incidence-independent regular operation, compulsory testing twice a week, no compulsory testing but compulsory use of masks for accompanying persons when dropping off or picking up, compulsory use of masks (exception: during lessons at primary and special schools).
- Extracurricular education such as adult education centres, adult education, further and continuing education institutions: once a week negative Corona test for course participants and teachers, contact recording.
- Art, music and dance schools: once a week negative Corona test for course participants and teachers, contact recording.
- Leisure facilities are still allowed to open; for indoor events and festivals, indoor swimming pools and saunas of all kinds, indoor cultural and leisure facilities, indoor gambling halls, casinos and betting offices, indoor discos, music clubs and bars, prostitution establishments, tourist train and bus journeys, contact registration also applies to occasional and regular transport with immediate effect; access only with negative Corona test
- Gastronomy: opening of the outdoor area without compulsory testing and without contact registration, opening of the indoor area with presentation of proof of vaccination, recovery or testing and with contact registration. 3-G rule and contact registration do not apply to gastronomic services for homeless people, catering for long-distance drivers with the corresponding employer's certificate, non-public canteens and the delivery and collection of food and beverages.
- Retail: may open completely, mask requirement, contact and distance rules
- Body-related services such as hairdressers, physiotherapists or tattoo studios may remain open, there is still a mask obligation for customers and service providers, contact registration, testing obligation. The testing obligation does not apply to body-related services if they serve medical, therapeutic, nursing or pastoral purposes.
- Old people's and nursing homes, outpatient assisted living communities, residential groups for people with disabilities, hospitals and rehabilitation clinics, inpatient facilities for child and youth welfare: regulation on the number of visitors and contact tracking, daily negative Corona test for visitors (also possible on site), FFP2 mask obligation for staff, residents and visitors; surgical masks for vaccinated and convalescents.
- Large events are permitted with contact registration preferably by means of personalised tickets, daily negative test required, mask obligation away from own place, with a maximum of 5,000 visitors indoors no restriction on the capacity of the venue as long as the test obligation is fulfilled by a PCR test, with more than 5,000 visitors indoors and outdoors the number of visitors may not exceed 50 per cent of the capacity of the venue, but a maximum of 25,000 visitors at the same time. In addition, there is a restriction on the serving and consumption of alcohol and a ban on the entry of persons who are visibly intoxicated.
- Culture: Opening of all cultural facilities, contact registration of visitors in the indoor area, daily negative test required, distance regulations, the rules for large events apply for more than 1,000 participants.
- Sport: compulsory testing for indoor sports, distance regulations, contact recording, for sporting events with more than 1,000 visitors, the rules for large events apply
- Higher education institutions: contact recording for face-to-face classes, compulsory testing once a week
- Compulsory testing for employees and self-employed with direct customer contact twice a week, free provision by employer
- Obligatory testing for tourist accommodation, including facilities and offers for children, youth and family recreation
