Testing

In principle, compulsory attendance applies.

Pupils, teachers and other members of the pedagogical staff and other persons working at the school can voluntarily test themselves at school on two days a week. A further test will be handed out on request.

Parents should inform the school in writing by 10 February 2023 – valid for the period up to 28 April 2023 – whether their daughter/son will take part in the voluntary tests. Until written consent is provided, the pupils concerned will not take part in the voluntary tests.

No 3G rule applies to persons outside the school (e.g. parents).

Furthermore, there is also no nationwide masking requirement at schools. However, it is of course still possible to wear a mask voluntarily.

(2 February 2023)

If a pupil has a positive test result in the context of the testing at school, he/she can no longer participate in lessons and must leave the school premises. It is strongly recommended to have a confirmatory test carried out by a rapid antigen test or PCR test, e.g. by a family doctor or paediatrician. If it turns out that the test carried out at school was “false positive” and an infection with the coronavirus is ruled out, compulsory attendance applies again and the pupil may attend school again.

The same isolation period applies to pupils as to all others. As a rule, isolation ends no later than 10 days after the date of the positive test; it ends no earlier than 5 days after the date of the positive test, provided the pupil was symptom-free for 48 hours beforehand. A “free test” is no longer required.

(16th January 2023)

No. Since 8 May, the existing general regular testing obligation in child day care facilities and child day care is no longer valid. With the abolition of compulsory testing, the test-to-stay approach also ceases to apply. Daycare providers and daycare centres will offer occasion-based testing from 8 May. This applies in particular if there have been Corona cases within a day-care centre or if a person has had contact with an infected person.

(May, 9th, 2022)

On 20 March 2022, the “Act Amending the Infection Protection Act and Other Regulations” came into force. This essentially limits the regulatory options of the federal states to basic protection for vulnerable groups. On the basis of these remaining legal possibilities, the Senate has passed the new Ordinance on Basic Measures for the Protection of the Population from Infection with the Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 – SARS-CoV-2 Basic Protection Measures Ordinance – (BaSchMV), which will come into force on 1 April 2022.

The following applies to staff in day-care centres:

Employees who are not vaccinated or recovered within the meaning of § 2 COVID-19 Protective Measures Exemption Ordinance must, as before, submit a current negative test certificate on a daily basis.

(31 March 2022)