In spite of Corona millions of German citizens have Packed the suitcase and come back in the next time, because in the first of the länder, the summer holidays. Crisis management in times of pandemic, a new and delicate Phase starts: How to prevent tourists bring the Virus from areas with a particularly high Corona-risk, and new foci of infection over Germany to distribute? So it was in the case of returnees from ski resorts in the Alps. The Federal government wants with a new test duty against taxes, but many questions are still open. An Overview of the most important questions and answers:
What exactly is planned?
Travellers returning from Corona will have to leave areas of risk in the future for the Virus test. Federal Minister of health, Jens Spahn wants to arrange a corresponding duty, as he said on Monday the German press Agency in Berlin. “We need to prevent travellers returning to trigger unnoticed infect others, and thus new chains of Infection,” said the CDU politician. The Tests are intended to be for the traveler, free of charge. The Federal government is called on to Act responsibly, especially in the holidays, to press the recent increase in the Infection levels again.
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The corresponding arrangement is expected to occur in the coming week. “This is for the protection of all citizens,” said Spahn. What is considered a risk area, is in a list, which leads the Robert-Koch-Institute (RKI). In the recent Version, it ranges from Afghanistan and Egypt via the USA to the Central African Republic. Also, the EU country Luxembourg is.
Such a duty is legally possible?
Yes, experts say. “Anyone who travels in high-risk areas, must expect, that after a Test on him could get,” says legal scholar Thorsten Kingreen, University of
Regensburg. Such interference in the right to physical integrity was reasonable and constitutionally legitimate. Also, the lawyer Sebastian Kluckert of the University of Wuppertal considers this to be legitimate. The Federal Ministry of health points had been changed to clause 5 of the infection protection act, which were recently for the Exception, such as Corona. Accordingly, the Federal government can make a medical examination upon Entry from risk areas to the obligation – exclusively to the detection and prevention of the spread of a threatening communicable disease.
What Tests to bring in principle?
In the case of a Coronavirus-Test trained staff takes a swab from the mouth, nose, or throat. This is also just a snapshot in time but directly after that you can get. The CDU health expert Karin Maag called for in the SWR: “For me such a Test, the quarantine must be repeated, must be taken after the incubation period of five to seven days.” Otherwise, there is no absolute security. Patrick Larscheid, who is the medical officer for the airport Berlin-Tegel responsible, recently warned with views of the airport test: “This test does not manage security.” He complained: “It is certain that in this way, the time window of infection is recorded.”
Who would pay for the mandatory tests?
The traveler costs of the mandatory tests, nothing. Chancellery chief Helge Braun argued on Monday in rbb-info radio before the Spahns announcement: “If the state orders something, then he can do that, and more, at the expense of the person.” The exact funding is still to be determined – other Corona-Tests to pay the statutory health insurance funds, the Federal government has, however, announced grants. To the costs, but there was already criticism. The North Rhine-Westphalian health Minister Karl-Josef Laumann (CDU), wants to make Concerned the cost in the invoice. Also, FDP leader Christian Lindner said: “Whoever goes out in an area at risk voluntarily as a Tourist, will need to take in purchase that he paid for the Test.”
How many people would be affected?
Hard to say, but it is likely to go only to a rather small part of all foreign holidaymakers. After all, who travels in spite of Corona in a country, the numbers in the RKI due to high case-risk area, classify, must in the case of the return, now 14 days in quarantine. Unless he has a negative Test. And Holiday hotspots such as Italy, Spain or Austria are not currently on the list – but that may change. The SPD-health politician Karl Lauterbach called because on the news portal “watson.de” each holiday returnees should be tested. “The distinction between Risk and Non-risk countries is artificial and pointless. It is rather on the behavior of the people at the resort.” And that was not always exemplary, have been like to see in Mallorca.
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What’s next?
Since the weekend, back can sweep from risk areas at several German airports to voluntarily test. Since the risk-list mainly includes countries outside of Europe, may be the focus of the compulsory tests, especially at airports. Organizational questions are still open. Bayern want to set up according to the Prime Minister, Markus Söder (CSU) at highway border crossings to Austria voluntary test stations as well as the main train stations in Munich and Nuremberg. Generally speaking, it is not the need of Tests on the Einreiseweg, explained Chancellery chief brown – but it, where you come from.