BERLIN, April 6 — Germany will not end mandatory isolation for most people who catch Covid-19, the health minister said today, reversing course after concerns were raised that lifting quarantine restrictions would suggest the pandemic was over. “Coronavirus is not a cold. That is why there must...
BERLIN, April 6 — Germany will not end mandatory isolation for most people who catch Covid-19, the health minister said today, reversing course after concerns were raised that lifting quarantine restrictions would suggest the pandemic was over.
Under the existing rules, people with Covid must isolate for at least seven days. Lauterbach suggested last week a shift to a voluntary five-day period of self-isolation with the recommendation of a Covid test at the end of that time. Lauterbach said he had made the proposal to try to ease the burden on the health authorities that have to order quarantine and isolation, but he said today that it sent the wrong signal that the pandemic was over and the danger was past.
People who have had contact with an infected person will no longer be compelled to quarantine from May 1, although they will still be strongly encouraged to do so.
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