Change in case and contact management administration

In the future, the health authorities will no longer routinely contact people who have been positively tested for the corona virus. However, the official duty of separation controlled still applies. This means that resources are bundled more to protect endangered groups.

The Health authorities in Baden- Württemberg is the focus in the future even more on larger outbreaks and the protection of endangered groups, for example in old people's and nursing homes. This means that people who have been positively tested for the corona virus are no longer routinely contacted by the health authorities. The same also applies to you separation obligation which is still checked by the authorities.

continued control by the local police authorities

"The primary goal is to contain outbursts and to ensure the protection of endangered groups of people," said the head of the Ministry of Social Affairs Prof. Dr. Uwe Lahl . "The identification of cases and contact persons must therefore be guaranteed where people are particularly at risk, for example in old and care facilities."

With a view to the burden on the health authorities, which have other tasks in addition to the protection of infection, this focus is necessary in case and contact management management. This means that - with the exception of larger outbreak situations and infection incidents in endangered groups - positively tested people and close contact persons are no longer routinely contacted by the health authorities. "The obligation to comply with the applicable legal provisions remains, but there is still control by the local police authorities. It is also important to comply with the AHA+L rules, hygiene rules, everyday life and mask and mask and Heavy) ”, concludes office manager Lahl.

recommendations and legal regulations

• People with symptoms of acute respiratory infection should be tested for a coronavirus infection. Since there are currently as many other pathogens in circulation, other causes are also considered. Free test opportunities for people with corona symptoms are available from Association of Statutory.
• people with a positive antigen fast test or PCR test must be isolated at home. This is usually 14 days. Information can be found in the Corona regulation segregation or at Federal Center for Health Education (BZGA) . If you have no symptoms and is vaccinated, you can test yourself with a PCR test after five days and stop the secretion with a negative result.
• unvaccinated household members of positively tested people must also remain in isolation for ten days. This can be ended prematurely
  • In a negative PCR test from the 5th day of the insulation, an antigen fast test is sufficient for regular school and daycare children,
  • by a negative antigen fast test from the 7th day of secretion.
• People who had contact with a positively tested person should reduce their contact as far as possible and to find out and be tested when symptoms occur.
• institutions in which people in need of protection are looked after should contact the responsible health department when Corona cases occur.

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