Coronavirus

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Corona-Dashboard Dresden
Corona-Dashboard Dresden (Open-Data)

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In Dresden, the current Saxon Corona Protection Ordinance applies (Overview).

Currently only the so-called basic protective measures for certain areas of life apply.

For the areas of day-care centres and (remedial) schools, current information can be found on the SMK blog and on coronavirus.sachsen.de.

Current measures in the Free State of Saxony (multiple languages)

Urgent recommendation

Regardless of the issues identified below, it is strongly recommended that citizens adhere to protective measures, even if there is no longer a mandatory requirement to do so. These include:

• Wearing a mask in all publicly accessible indoor spaces (preferably FFP2 mask or comparable respirator).
• Keeping a minimum distance of 1.5 meters, especially in publicly accessible rooms
• Reduction of personal contacts
• Use of the Corona warning app
• Observance of general hygiene rules

Current measures

• Contact restrictions
  Restrictions on private meetings removed
• Obligation to wear masks
  Requirement to wear surgical masks masks on public transportation and FFP2 in medical and nursing facilities
• Public transportation
  Masks compulsory (surgical masks) (exception: children under 6 years of age)
  Daycare center
  Regular operation with hygiene concept
  
• School
  Regular operation with hygiene concept
  
• Retail trade
  no restrictions
  
• Cultural and recreational facilities
  no restrictions
  
• Events, festivals and large-scale events
  no restrictions
  
• Gastronomy
  no restrictions
  
• body-related services
  no restrictions
  
• Sports
  no restrictions
  
• indoor swimming pools and saunas
  no restrictions
  
• Accommodation and tourism
  no restrictions
  
• Extracurricular education
  no restrictions
  
• Churches and religious communities
  no restrictions
  
• Meetings
  no restrictions
  
• Occupational context
  Test offer depends on company requirements (company hygiene concept), recommendation: offer all employees a free test three times a week
  
• Obligation to test
  Employers, employees and visitors in health and social care facilities as well as institutions for integration assistance, accommodations for asylum seekers, refugees and late repatriates as well as correctional institutions and comparable facilities or women's, men's and children's protection facilities must provide evidence of a daily test prior to access. Persons under 6 years of age are exempt. Vaccinated and convalescent persons must provide proof of two tests per week; in nursing facilities, three tests per week. Looked after persons, except in day care facilities, are exempt from the testing requirement.

The available vaccines reduce the probability of infection and protect against severe courses. The risk of transmitting the coronavirus to others is also reduced. This also protects people who cannot be vaccinated (yet).

Where can one get vaccinated?

• at your (own) family doctor, paediatrician, specialist or company doctor
• at general practitioners and specialists who also vaccinate outside patients
• at the DRK vaccination centre Centrum-Galerie (with appointment)
• at the Municipal Hospital (Städtisches Klinikum) with appointment
• at the MVZ (Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum) of the University Hospital (Universitätsklinikum) Dresden

Vaccination offers in the thematic city map

Vaccines and vaccination schedules

Currently, the mRNA vaccines from BioNTech and Moderna, the protein-based vaccine from Novavax and the inactivated vaccine Valneva are primarily vaccinated. Depending on the vaccine, a second vaccination is necessary after 3 or 4 weeks and later a booster vaccination.

The choice always is made in consultation with the on-site medical staff. Complete vaccination protection is obtained with all vaccines from 14 days after administration of the last dose. Booster vaccinations are recommended for fully vaccinated persons 12 years of age and older (3 months after completion of basic immunization).

Vaccines (BZgA)
Side effects and vaccination reactions (BZgA)

Vaccination documents

Please bring the chip card or an ID card/passport as well as the vaccination card (if available) and, at best, the completed vaccination documents to save time. If this is not possible, the documents can usually also be filled out on site. Translations are available on the RKI page under the corresponding section "Übersetzungen".

Documents mRNA vaccine (RKI)
Documents protein based vaccine (RKI)
Declaration of legal guardians

Children and adolescents

The SIKO (Saxon Vaccination Commission) recommends the Corona vaccination to all persons from 5 years of age. The first point of contact for vaccination is the general paediatrician.

Corona vaccination in children and adolescents (BZgA)

Seniors

Seniors can obtain advice on the Corona vaccination from the senior citizens' telephone and advice centers.

Digital proof of vaccination

The vaccination status can be transferred to an app (CovPass-App or Corona-Warn-App). You can obtain the necessary QR code directly at the time of vaccination or (if this service is not offered) afterwards at a pharmacy. For service providers who want to check the vaccination status, there is the CovPassCheck-App. Of course, the vaccination card or the replacement certificate remain valid proof documents.

Missing, incomplete or lost vaccination certificates

If Corona vaccination certificates have been lost or documents (vaccination card, replacement certificate) have incomplete entries, a request can be sent to KV Sachsen by e-mail to the address ersatzbescheinigung.covid19-impfung@kvsachsen.de. After verification, vaccination record certificates will be sent by post. This only applies to vaccinations that took place in Saxony at a vaccination centre or with a mobile team. Incorrect digital vaccination certificates (QR codes) cannot be corrected by the KVS.

Facility-based vaccination requirement

Certain groups of people (especially health care and nursing personnel) are currently required to provide Covid-19 proof of immunity. Further information

Testing possibilities

• Persons without symptoms can be tested in accordance with the Coronavirus Test Ordinance.
• Persons with symptoms are to be tested by their general practitioner or at a clinic or hospital. The doctor decides whether testing is necessary.

Further information:
Questions and answers about Corona tests (BZgA)
Explanation of the test types (BZgA)

Tests as proof

For the use of offers and services (depending on the respective current regulations/incidence), a current negative test is necessary (not for recovered and fully vaccinated persons). The following proofs are valid:

• Tests by commissioned test centres (validity: Rapid antigen test 24 hours, PCR test 48 hours)
• Tests conducted on site under the supervision of the person subject to the protective measure in question (e.g. hairdresser or cosmetician) (valid for 24 hours, only for this offer)
• Test certificates that have been monitored and certified within the company framework in terms of occupational health and safety by personnel who have the required training or knowledge and experience (valid for 24 hours)

Self-tests with self-reporting do not count as proofs.

Test obligation

In health and social care facilities, testing is mandatory for employers, employees and visitors.

In principle, children under the age of six or those who have not yet started school, as well as vaccinated or convalescent persons, are exempt from compulsory testing. Test certificates are usually valid for 24 hours (a more restrictive period may be specified by the respective house law and its hygiene concept).

Frequently asked questions about Coronatests (Free State of Saxony)

Corona warning app

The Corona Warning App is an offer of the Federal Government and the RKI. With the app installed and activated, encrypted information is exchanged with other smartphones on which the app is also activated during everyday encounters. In the event of risk encounters, users are notified and a progression of the chain of infection can be prevented at an early stage. For this purpose, it is necessary that after a positive test result, this is immediately entered in the app.

All citizens have the opportunity to be tested (currently for a fee) in test centers. Some groups of people are exempt from paying or only have to contribute 3 euros to the costs. Further information (Federal Government)

Testing centers are inspected and commissioned by the Office for Health and Prevention. The offer is supplemented by pharmacies, laboratories or doctors. To claim a PCR test, a previous positive rapid antigen test (also lay test) or proof from the Office for Health and Prevention is necessary.

The test result is valid for 24 hours (rapid antigen test) or 48 hours (PCR test) for the use of services. Proof is provided, for example, by an app or the e-mail or certificate from the test center.

Please only use the test centres if you have no symptoms of a Covid-19 disease. If you are symptomatic, general practitioners or clinics will carry out the test. Please bring your ID card and health insurance card (if each is available) to the test.

In case of a positive test result, a PCR examination should be carried out as soon as possible as a counter test. This will clearly confirm or exclude an infection.

Test centres

Test centres in the thematic city map

A list of test centres can be found on the german version of this website at "Testzentren". Providers of fee-only tests are not contracted by the Office for Health and Prevention and therefore are not included in the summary. Test centre operators will find relevant information on this page.

• Persons who are displaying relevant symptoms may consult a general practitioner after making an appointment by telephone. A general practitioner is obliged to treat patients.
• Householders and similar close contacts should reduce contact, especially with vulnerable groups, watch for symptoms and get tested on day 3 or 4 after contact. If the person later develops symptoms, a general practitioner should be consulted to determine further action (an appointment must be made in advance by telephone).
• Focal practices (Schwerpunktpraxen) are points of contact for patients with symptoms who do not have the option of care through their general practitioners.
• The Office for Health and Prevention does not issue sick notes.

After a lay rapid test (home use)

After a positive test result of a rapid antigen test approved for home use, you are considered a suspect (see section "Behaviour as a suspected case"). You are obliged to have a PCR test or a professional rapid antigen test performed as soon as possible.

This confirmatory testing may be waived if a physician's sick leave has been obtained for suspicion or diagnosis of COVID-19 or if it would be unreasonably burdensome to visit the testing site.

After a positive PCR or professional rapid antigen test

• If you receive a positive test result from a PCR test*, or a professional antigen test, immediately go into domestic isolation (quarantine) and observe the "Quarantine rules" (see below). *Note: When the infection is first detected, only the positive test is decisive, not the level of the Ct value
• Your household members and similar close contacts should reduce contact, especially with vulnerable groups, watch for symptoms and get tested on day 3 or 4 after contact.
• If you are initially symptom-free and later develop symptoms, please first contact your family doctor by telephone.
• You do not need to contact the Office for Health and Prevention, the positive test result will be sent automatically.
• If a PCR test performed after an antigen test is negative, quarantine is over (please also inform your close contacts).
• If you use the Corona warning app, please enter the positive test result there so that potential contacts can be notified.
• If a certificate of recovery is required, PCR testing is mandatory. Rapid antigen tests are not recognized. Persons without symptoms may visit a testing center for this purpose. If symptoms are present, PCR testing must be obtained from an established physician.
• A professional rapid antigen test from a test center is sufficient for proof to the employer. PCR evidence no longer needs to be provided. There is no separate letter from the Office for health and Prevention (notice or isolation information).

End of quarantine

In case of a positive PCR test

• For infected persons with relevant symptoms, the required period of quarantine ends 5 days after the symptoms appear (symptom onset = day zero), provided you have been free of symptoms for at least 48 hours. If symptoms persist or a positive test result is found beyond the 5th day, the period of isolation is extended until 48 hours of freedom from symptoms have been achieved, at the latest until the 10th day.
• For persons without symptoms, the period of quarantine ends 5 days after the virus was detected by way of a laboratory test (day of testing = day zero). There is no need to consult the Office for Health and Prevention again.
• It is strongly recommended to have a professional rapid antigen test done on the last day of quarantine. Due to its high sensitivity, a PCR test can still be positive for a long time after infection, even though there is no longer any risk of infection. At the end of quarantine, a positive PCR test with a Ct value above 30 corresponds to a negative PCR result. Leaving the home for the purpose of testing is permitted.
• If there is a suspicion or indication beyond the 10th day that the affected person is still SARS-CoV-2 positive and infectious (e.g. through a positive rapid antigen test or existing symptoms), the further procedure should be discussed with the general practitioner.

In case of a positive professional or layperson rapid antigen test

• If the PCR counter sample is negative, the quarantine is immediately terminated for you and the contact persons
• if it is positive, the quarantine period is the same as after a positive PCR test
• if no PCR test is carried out, the quarantine period also applies as after a positive PCR test

Persons who have tested positive by means of a rapid antigen test and are waiting for the result of a PCR test or a professional antigen test at a testing center after this self-test are classified as suspected persons.

Behaviour

• If classified as a suspect, the person must immediately go into quarantine until a result is available (even with complete vaccination).
• Suspected persons are obliged to inform their household members of the suspected infection and to point out the requirement to reduce contact.
• If the PCR test or the professional antigen test at a test center is positive, the patient must observe the rules explained under “Behaviour in case of a positive test result”.
• If the PCR test or the professional antigen test at a test center is negative, the quarantine requirement is lifted immediately.

The so-called confirmation test by means of PCR or professional antigen test can be waived if there is an important reason (e.g. restricted mobility, medical sick leave). The result of the PCR test or professional antigen test is considered as proof, also for the application of compensation benefits by the employer. However, a PCR test result is still mandatory for proof of recovery. The Office for Health and Prevention does not issue this proof or write a separate notice.

Not every contact with an infected person (source case) is relevant. One is considered a close contact if the contact meets the following criteria:

Period

Contact in the period from:

• 48 hours before the onset of symptoms in the infected person
• two days before a positive corona test in the symptom-free infected person

Type of contact

• If contact with the confirmed source case (person tested positive) was for a period of at least 10 minutes at a distance of less than 1.5 meters, without adequate protection. Adequate protection means that a medical mask (surgical or FFP2 mask) was worn continuously and correctly by the persons involved. Correct means tight-fitting and covering the mouth and nose.
• If a conversation ("face-to-face contact", distance less than 1.5 meters) has taken place between contact person and source case, regardless of the duration of the conversation and without "adequate protection" (see above).
• When contact person and source case have been in the same room with likely high concentration of infectious aerosols for longer than 10 minutes, regardless of distance, even if a medical mask was worn consistently and correctly.
• in case of direct contact with secretions of an infected person

Procedure

If you belong to this category of persons, please observe the instructions given in the section “Behaviour as a contact person”. If you are not deemed to be a close contact, there are no special requirements to be observed. You should nevertheless monitor your health carefully over the next 14 days and reduce your contact with others.

Close contacts are strongly advised to reduce contact with vulnerable persons, to be aware of their own symptoms and to be tested or have themselves tested for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 infection by means of a rapid antigen test. Testing should take place on the 3rd or 4th day after contact with the person who tested positive. If contacts develop symptoms typical of COVID-19, they must quarantine themselves and arrange for prompt testing.

Further information

Close contacts are entitled to a PCR test. This can be done at an according test centre. Reference should be made to the positive PCR test result of the source case to establish credibility.

General information

Please refer to the sections “Behaviour in case of a positive test result”, “Behaviour as a suspected case” and “Behaviour as a contact person” for information on accepted forms of evidence. Employers apply for earnings compensation on behalf of their employees, while self-employed persons must apply themselves. The competent partner for matters relating to a loss of earnings is the State Directorate for Saxony (Landesdirektion Sachsen).

A quarantine notice is not to be considered a sick note. If a person has tested positive or is in quarantine as a close contact person, they are not automatically on sick leave. This must be attested separately by the doctor.

Areas of critical infrastructure as well as care, support, medical care

If, despite exhaustion of all organisational possibilities, such as the redeployment of personnel from other areas, the maintenance of business operations in a critical infrastructure company or the service operations of a public authority is jeopardised by the segregation, the following shall apply: It may be possible in urgent individual cases for asymptomatic persons who have tested positive and close contacts to carry out professional activities outside the segregation site while wearing an FFP2 mask and complying with the hygiene measures for the protection of other employees. The competent health authority at the place of residence of the person concerned must be informed immediately about the period of employment of the segregated person. The following forms must be used and sent to gesundheitsamt-infektionsschutz@dresden.de.

List of critical infrastructure

Form for notification of employment in the field of critical infrastructure
Form for notification of employment in the area of care, support, medical care

Further information (in german)
FAQ - Reimbursement for loss of earnings due to quarantine (Free State of Saxony)
FAQ - Frequently asked questions about coronatests (Free State of Saxony)
Sick leave and prescriptions (Federal Government)

Rules for persons observing quarantine

• Stay at home. Leaving your own home (with FFP2 mask) is only allowed for testing, urgent medical appointments or after approval by the Office for Health and Prevention.
• Avoid contact with others who are not members of your household. Where contact with others is unavoidable, a mouth/nose covering (mask) must be worn and strict hand washing must be observed. The names of all persons with whom you come into contact must be documented in writing, together with the duration of each contact.
• Keep a distance of one to two metres to others.
• Avoid spending time together with the other members of your household or in jointly used rooms or confined spaces, wherever possible; where this is not possible, wear a mouth/nose covering and observe physical distancing rules.
• Pay attention to correct coughing etiquette and wash your hands regularly.
• Ensure good airing of your home, especially your living rooms and bedrooms.
• Do not share any household items without washing or cleaning them between use in the usual manner.
• Use a separate bathroom, if possible, but at least your own towels, toiletries, etc.
• Wash your clothing regularly and thoroughly (by the usual method).
• Use disposable tissues to catch nasal or throat secretions.
• Pay attention to whether you develop symptoms. If symptoms are noticed, consult your doctor after calling by telephone to arrange an appointment.
• Keep a log to monitor your health status – write down any possible symptoms and take your temperature twice a day. Keep a note of everything connected with your health, in case you need to provide details later.
• If you require medical assistance, call your doctor, the central non‑emergency hotline service (116117) or – in case of emergency – the ambulance service. Be sure to mention that you have been self-isolating in connection with Covid-19.
• Use of the balcony, garden or terrace belonging to the flat is permitted.

Note for other members of the household

• Assist the person who is self-isolating with their daily needs.
• Reduce your close physical contact.
• Keep a distance of one to two metres to the person who is self-isolating, and only come closer where this is absolutely necessary.
• If you notice that the person who is self-isolating has developed symptoms, contact a doctor or call the non-emergency hotline service (116117).
• Provide for good airing of all living rooms and bedrooms.
• Wash your hands regularly.
• Clean all contact surfaces regularly (tables, door handles, etc.).

End of quarantine

The required period of quarantine ends as specified in the relevant section “Behaviour in case of a positive test result”, “Behaviour as a contact person” or “Behaviour as a suspected case”. Before the end of quarantine, it is strongly recommended to perform a rapid antigen test. In addition, within the quarantine period, testing by antigen test twice a week is recommended for close contacts in order to detect any infection at an early stage. If you are still displaying symptoms which are indicative of a Covid-19 infection, please consult the doctor responsible for your treatment after calling by telephone to arrange an appointment.

Multilingual information on isolation (Free State of Saxony)