Coronavirus

There are currently 160 confirmed cases (as of 03.06.2020, 18:00 hrs).

Questions about the current situation in Jena? Then dial 0049 3641 49-2222

Service hours of the hotline: Monday - Friday: 09:00 - 17:00

Change of service times from 08.06.2020: Monday - Friday from 10:00 - 14:00 hrs

Current status

Current cases

Diagramm mit den aktuelle Fällen

Development of the diseases

Diagramm der Coronaentwicklungen

Many thanks to Michael Böhme for the visualizations. You can find the data in our OpenData portal.

Evening locations only if necessary

Since 13.03.2020 the city of Jena has published information on the corona situation (so-called "evening situations") every evening. This has been done in the form of press releases, via social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) and as current news in the town hall portal. Since 16.05.2020 we have been using this format only when necessary. In case of changes in the number of cases or important information for citizens on regulations and ordinances, there will be a notification.

As before, the corona case numbers in the OpenData portal are updated daily.

Evening situation from 28.05.2020

Corona case numbers

As of today there are no more corona cases in Jena known to the public health department. The head of staff Benjamin Koppe and the mayor Dr. Thomas Nitzsche informed about this today. The last person who was ill with COVID-19 was released from quarantine today after a negative test.

Benjamin Koppe sees the course of the past months confirmed:

Our measures of the Jena bundle strategy were correct. After the high number of cases in mid-March, which were mainly caused by people returning from travel, we succeeded in keeping the spread of the virus in the city at a very low level by acting early and applying stricter rules.

Mayor Dr. Thomas Nitzsche thanked the people of Jena for their exemplary behaviour in the last few weeks, but especially at the beginning of the crisis.

The respectful treatment of fellow human beings, the keeping of distance and of course the wearing of the mouth-nose-coverings - largely self-made and much earlier than in the rest of Germany - were important success factors. I am proud of my city.

In the meantime, a lot of normality is possible again - albeit with restrictions: restaurants are open, schools and day-care centres are gradually opening, and starting on 01.06.2020, a visit to the open-air swimming pool is possible again.

It is precisely for this reason that Nitzsche and Koppe warn that discipline must be maintained with regard to the observance of distance and hygiene rules, the wearing of mouth-nose covers in shops and public transport, and the possibility of tracing infection chains.

If more people come to Jena from outside as a result of the relaxation, the virus can be introduced again. Therefore we have to act carefully not to risk a second wave and thus a new lockdown,

so Koppe.

Thuringia's mayors have also underlined these demands in a joint appeal to the state government.

Jena statistics since 14.03.2020
  • 159 reported corona cases, 3 deaths, 156 persons recovered

The last infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus was reported on 12.05.2020.

KiTa fees

In the course of the changeover from emergency care to limited regular operation starting next Monday, many parents are wondering how this will affect the Kita fee. In principle, there is the possibility of an individual agreement between parents and childcare facility. Some institutions already offer this.

For a municipal overall solution, the Kita fee statutes would have to be adapted. This would have an effect on the Kita financing of the provider.

In this context, the city of Jena hopes for a regulation by the state to adjust the fees to the hours of care actually provided and to compensate for the financial losses for the providers.

As long as there are no concrete statements, however, the previous fee collection must be maintained.

Previous evening situations

The Thuringian SARS-CoV-2-Maßnahmenfortentwicklungsverordnung can be found under -> Downloads. In addition, the general ruling of the city of Jena from 14.05.2020 is valid.

Due to the general disposition (-> see downloads) in Jena, there are currently various rules and obligations to be observed by all people living and working here.

Summary of rules and obligations

Please note that the following listing is an extremely compact summary of the general rulings.

  • the restriction of contacts in the public sector
  • extensive bans on entry (public transport, shops, workplace) for people with typical corona symptoms (see below)
  • the prohibition of all organised events (e.g. celebrations, guided tours), exceptions apply to assemblies in the sense of the assembly law (see §3 Thür. Verordnung)
  • the opening of restaurants and hotels
  • the opening of sports facilities and playgrounds
  • the closure of cultural and social facilities (e.g. restaurants, bars, clubs, theatres, cinemas, day-care centres, youth centres)
  • the opening of retail shops and craft and service businesses under the condition that per 20 sqm of sales area only one person is allowed to enter
  • the opening of hairdressing and barber shops, beauty salons, tattoo and piercing studios (with restrictions)
  • the obligation to wear a mouth-nose cover -> see Obligation to wear a mouth-nose cover on this page
  • the opening of the school system (see Thuringian Ministry for Education, Youth and Sports)

General decree of the city of Jena

A new regulation has been adopted.

The information in easy language is available here.

The video messages of the Lord Mayor Dr. Thomas Nitzsche give even more insight.

FAQ - frequently asked

Residents of Jena returning from abroad: 14 days domestic quarantine

If you are registered in Jena (also secondary residence) and are returning from a State outside Germany (cf. Second Thuringian Ordinance on Quarantine measures for entry and return travellers to combat Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2), go to immediately, from the day after your return 14 days in domestic Quarantine.

Reporting by telephone or e-mail

Please contact us immediately on 0049 3641 49-2222 or by e-mail to reiserueckkehrer@jena.de.

  • in the e-mail subject:
    • Symptoms present / no symptoms
    • if symptoms are present: Job in important infrastructure?
  • in the e-mail:
    • Do you have symptoms?
    • full name
    • complete residential address with postcode, street and house number
    • Date of birth
    • Phone number (for direct contact)
    • Location, period: from - to
    • rough information on contacts at the place of travel / at home
Family members or persons living in the household not automatically quarantined

Family members or persons living in the household are covered is not automatically quarantined. Please try the contact to these persons to restrict. It is also used for these people a voluntary quarantine is recommended.

Exceptions

There is no obligation for domestic quarantine:

  • returnees from Member States of the European Union and
  • Iceland,
  • the Principality of Liechtenstein,
  • Norway,
  • Switzerland and
  • the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

This does not apply if the country in question has a cumulative number of newly infected persons in relation to the population of more than 50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants over the last seven days. In this respect, reference is made to the publication of the Robert Koch Institute according to the statistical evaluations and publications of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control: Quarantine on entry into Germany. Please inform yourself there in advance about the current situation.

In case of contact with a person who has been tested positive for corona

If you come into contact with a person who has been proven positive for coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 tested person, also spend 14 days in quarantine.

If you do, please make sure to write a second email tocorona@jena.deif you did not specify a phone number or contact to an infected person had not mentioned. Please indicate the contact to positive tested persons in the subject line.

In case of contact to positively tested person and symptoms

If you are a returnee and/or have contact to a positive Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and had symptoms such as increased body temperature (over 37.5°C), breathing problems/short breath, dry cough, lung pain, acute loss of sense of smell and taste, severe sore throat and limbs, please contact your general practitioner or call 116 117. 0049 3641 49-3333take place.

Notification for employers

If you need a notice for your employer applies: Returnees from risk areas do not need a separate confirmation of quarantine order by the state of Thuringia, as these are directly results from § 1 para. 1 sentence 1 of the legal regulation (18.04.2020). A
certificate of your quarantine obligation we provide not out.

Proof that you have returned from a risk area, you must inform your employer or other third parties themselves, for example by presenting travel contracts etc. Please therefore keep these documents in a safe place.

Obligation to carry a Mouth and nose cover

The city of Jena has the duty to carry a Mouth and nose cover introduced. Please note the Explanations on this page.

Commuters residing in Thuringia return from a state outside Germany -> Quarantine

If you are a commuter to Jena, have your residence in Thuringia and are returnees from a state outside of Germany, shall apply according to of the Thuringian legal regulation on quarantine measures Mandatory 14-day domestic quarantine. We would like to point out.., that you are obliged to contact your competent to the authorities.

Exceptions

There is no obligation for domestic quarantine:

  • returnees from Member States of the European Union and
  • Iceland,
  • the Principality of Liechtenstein,
  • Norway,
  • Switzerland and
  • the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

This does not apply if the state in question has a cumulative number of newly infected persons in relation to the population of more than 50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants over the last seven days. In this respect, reference is made to the publication of the Robert Koch Institute following the statistical analyses and publications of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control: Quarantine on entry into Germany. Please inform yourself there in advance about the current situation.

commuter with residence outside of Thuringia was within the last 14 days in countries outside Germany -> no entry to the workplace

If you are a commuter with residence outside of Thuringia and within the last 14 days to a country outside Germany the prohibition to enter the workplace applies. You do not require a separate confirmation of the prohibition to enter by the Jena, as this is directly derived from § 2 of the Thuringian Ordinance (18.04.2020).

employees in areas/companies of critical infrastructure

If you have employees in areas/companies of critical infrastructure and within the last 14 days have been resident in a state outside of Germany, please note the Derogations in § 3 of the Thuringian statutory order and the Concretisations in II. Item 2 General disposition of the city of Jena (18.04.2020). This means that you will continue to work under the may be subject to the hygienic protective measures specified there.

Obligation to wear a Mouth and nose cover

The city of Jena has the duty to carry a Mouth and nose cover introduced. Please note the Explanations on this page.

This information is valid for persons with residence in Jena. Residents of other cities or administrative districts please contact the respective responsible health authorities.

If you suspect symptoms (fever, headache, sore throat), please contact your family doctor by telephone or call the Kassenärztlicher Notdienst: 116 117. Regardless of this, you must call the fever hotline on 0049 3641- 49 3333.

Separate consultation hours for coronavirus

The Medical Care Center Kielstein has set up a separate consultation hour for coronavirus.

Specialist health service does not examine for corona

The specialist health service does not carry out tests for COVID-19 (Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2).

Persons who have had symptoms such as elevated body temperature (above 37.5°C), dry cough, breathing problems, shortness of breath or lung pain within the last 7 days, or are currently experiencing them, even if they have not been in risk areas or have had no personal contact with a person who has tested positive, are not allowed to take part in the treatment while the symptoms are present and until 7 days after the last symptom:

  • to enter the place of professional activity (unless there is an exception)
  • to enter open sales points
  • to enter the offices of craftsmen and service providers
  • enter places where food and drink is served
  • to use public transport
  • to enter shopping centres and shopping malls
  • to enter weekly markets
  • to enter facilities within the meaning of §5 and §11 of the Thuringian Ordinance (e.g. schools, day-care centres, universities, hospitals, nursing homes, etc.)

Shops

Open to the public all retail and wholesale outlets, including factory outlets and manufacturers' direct sales outlets, and distance selling. When entering the shops a mouth and nose cover must be worn.

Only one person per 20 sqm

In the case of open shops, authorised service and craft enterprises and open facilities within the meaning of § 5 of the 3rd Thür-SARS-CoV-2-EindmaßnVO, only one person per 20 square metres of sales, shop or visiting area is to be granted access, provided that these are closed rooms. This is to be secured in particular by suitable access controls.

Household-related services and crafts

Household-related services and crafts are permitted if contact with the people living in the flat can be avoided or the obligation to cover one's mouth and nose and the rules of distance can be observed without exception.

Hairdressers and barber shops, cosmetic, pedicure and nail studios

All these shops are allowed to open. The standards of the professional associations apply in the current version. Face-related services may only be performed by employees wearing at least one FFP2 mask, supplemented by protective goggles or a face shield.

Driving schools

Driving and flying schools may open in compliance with the infection prevention rules of the Thuringian Containment Ordinance.

Playgrounds

Playgrounds are open again. It is important to observe distance and contact rules there as well. In order to cope with the rush, new sand playgrounds have been opened at the following locations:

  • At the Steinbach
  • Sophienstrasse
  • Calibration site
  • By the Grits
  • Paradise
  • Sickingenstraße
  • Pushkin Square
  • Jenaplan
  • Lawn Mill Island
  • Hugo Schrade Street
  • Johannes-R.-Becher-Straße
  • Saalebogen Gooschwitz
  • Lobeda West
  • Ziegesarstraße
  • Hans-Berger-Straße and
  • Salvador Allende Square

Music schools

Music schools may open. Information on the opening of the Jena School of Music and Art can be found on the institution's website.

Gastronomy

From 15.05.2020, restaurants within the meaning of the Thuringian Catering Act of 09.10.2008 (GVBl. p. 367) in the currently valid version may open to the public.

Hotel and accommodation establishments

From 15.05.2020, overnight accommodation offers from accommodation providers for tourist purposes are permitted. Coach events are prohibited.

Infection protection concepts and hygiene measures

Open restaurants and overnight accommodation are subject to the sector regulations for the hotel and restaurant industry of the Thuringian Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Health, Women and Family and the regulations of the Berufsgenossenschaft Nahrungsmittel und Gastgewerbe.

Reservation, placement system, cleaning and disinfection plan and ventilation concept required

In principle, catering must be provided in the indoor area with reservation and placement system (advance reservation or for walk-in customers: central registration and placement). Queues and the search for free tables should be avoided. This is not necessary in the outdoor area, as free tables or a reservation sign are immediately visible.

All catering and accommodation establishments must draw up a cleaning and disinfection plan as well as a ventilation concept for interior catering areas.

For distances below 1.5 m, a mouth-nose cover must be worn

Wherever the minimum distance of 1.5 metres is not observed, a mouth-nose cover must be worn. This applies to staff when operating and clearing up, but also to guests when entering and leaving the guest rooms and when leaving their seats. Mouth and nose covers do not have to be worn at the table.

For follow-up in the event of Corona Guest List

In order to be able to track infections when a corona case occurs, restaurants and catering establishments of hotels and guesthouses must keep a daily list of guests. One person per household present must leave the following information: First name and surname, address, telephone number and e-mail.

In addition, the table number and the duration of the visit must be recorded. The lists must be kept by the operator for 3 weeks and handed over to the Jena health authority on request. The collected data must not be processed for any other purpose and must not be accessible to third parties. After 3 weeks the lists must be destroyed immediately.

Events, meetings and gatherings with people from more than two different households are still prohibited under the Thuringian Ordinance on the Further Development of Measures.

Exceptions

Exceptions to this are political bodies, such as the city council and its committees, meetings and events that serve to maintain democratic participation and justice.

Meetings in closed rooms or in the open air

§Section 3 of the Ordinance distinguishes between meetings in closed rooms and in the open air. In Jena, the rules of distance and the obligation to wear a mouth-nose cover apply to both.

The Thuringian Ministry of the Interior has summarized the current regulations (PDF).

All meetings must be registered: Show meetings / demonstrations.

Possible are for example

  • church services
  • Meeting of parties to exchange views
  • Demonstrations and political rallies

Not possible are for example

  • private celebrations, garden parties, meetings with several friends / acquaintances / extended family, regulars' tables
  • Meetings of associations, general meetings of shareholders
  • choirs, orchestras, reading or discussion groups

Openings from 01.06.2020

From 01.06.2020 can open:

  1. Swimming, leisure and adventure pools, bathing lakes, thermal baths and graduation works, as far as they are open-air,
  2. Clubs, sports and leisure facilities and services in enclosed spaces.

Organised sports activities in mass, health, rehabilitation and competitive sports, including special schools for sports on and in all non-public and public sports and leisure facilities, taking into account the rules of distance and protection and in compliance with the concept of the Ministry responsible for sports policy, are possible. The outdoor facilities can continue to be used only after registration with Kommunale Immobilien Jena. Currently, a large number of the sports halls have been converted for school use. The clubs will be informed about a partial opening by the representative for sports of the city of Jena.

Training after prior registration

Furthermore, even then training is only possible after prior registration. Training in small training groups is permitted, provided that the minimum distances are observed. Sports activities, especially contact and team sports, are contactless.

Final and qualifying examinations, courses for training and further education, work assignments on or in sports facilities and club or association meetings

This also includes final and qualifying examinations, courses for basic and advanced training, work assignments on or in sports facilities and club or association meetings. Support in the implementation is provided by the Landessportbund Thüringen e. V., the respective state professional associations as well as the Olympiastützpunkt Thüringen. The responsible person in each case must observe the general infection prevention rules and ensure that they are observed.

Infection protection concepts required

The executive boards of sports clubs are obliged to draw up an infection protection concept and to monitor its application by members.

Bathrooms

The Jena Südbad will open on 01.06., the Ostbad is expected to open on 15.06.2020.

  • Tickets must be purchased online in advance on a daily basis.
  • Changing rooms and showers remain closed.
  • Mutual consideration of the bathers as a guarantee for the open-air swimming pool season

The beach bar "Strandschleicher" will also open next week, but initially with shortened opening hours.

In order to be able to implement the hygiene rules sufficiently, the daily number of guests in the outdoor pools is limited. Due to the large water surface of more than 10,000 square meters, a total of 1,500 guests are allowed to visit the Südbad and 800 guests are allowed to visit the Ostbad with its smaller water surface of 1,700 square meters. In the course of the season there may be adjustments, depending on the generally applicable regulations for keeping a distance.

Further information: Open-air swimming pools in Jena open in June

1. fundamental obligations

Every person is required to reduce physical social contact with other people except to an absolutely necessary minimum. This does not apply to members of their own household and members of another household. A minimum distance of at least 1.5 m must be maintained to all other persons.

2. events, assemblies, meetings and gatherings

All events, assemblies, demonstrations, gatherings and other gatherings are prohibited.

Excluded are assemblies

  • on the maintenance of public safety and order
  • in authorities, departments and courts of the Federal Government, the Länder and public-law corporations, foundations and institutions
  • Meetings and consultations in the municipalities and their associations according to Thür. Municipal law
  • on welfare and prevention
  • for the supply of the population, the provision of services under public law, the health care of the population, the maintenance of the operation of commercial enterprises
  • to fulfil the tasks of the employee representatives
  • for groups from institutions within the meaning of § 33 IfSG and for other group-related measures within the framework of youth welfare according to Book Eight of the Social Code
  • for marriages
    • in addition to the married couple, 11 guests of their choice (including witnesses) may participate (Jena regulation, according to the conditions at the registry office).
    • The minimum distance between guests must be maintained. It is still compulsory to wear a mouth-nose cover. This can only be waived if the bridal couple and the registrar are the only participants.
  • for funeral ceremonies
  • for assemblies in the sense of the right of assembly (article 8 GG) as well as church services and other religious meetings
    • Notice of meetings must be given in advance (the provisions of the law on meetings must be observed)

For all exceptions, the following must be ensured in addition to the general hygiene regulations (point 4):

  • Exclusion of participants with symptoms of COVID 19 disease
  • exclusion of participants with any cold symptoms
  • Equipping the venue with sufficient facilities for good ventilation,
  • active and appropriate information of the participants about general protective measures (in particular hand hygiene, keeping distance as well as coughing and sneezing etiquette, by the organizer and working towards their observance)
  • Compliance with the infection protection concept

4. compliance with hygiene rules

Hygiene regulations in accordance with the recommendations of the Robert Koch Institute and the specifications of the respective occupational safety authorities as well as effective protective regulations for personnel, visitors and customers must be observed in all operations, facilities and offers. All establishments, facilities and offers must draw up a written infection protection concept in which compliance with the infection protection rules in accordance with §§ 3 and 4 is specified and documented; in the case of regular or repeated encounters, events and meetings of the same kind, a permanent infection protection concept is sufficient. The infection protection concept shall be kept available by the responsible person in accordance with para. 2 or by the person authorized by him and shall be presented to the competent authority on request.
The objectives of the protective measures to be taken are

  • the reduction of contacts,
  • the protection of personnel against infections, and
  • the greatest possible avoidance of smear infections via vehicles and objects. This is to be achieved by maintaining a distance of at least 1.5 m from other persons and by an intensified cleaning and disinfection regime.

More detailed information on the design of infection control concepts is contained in the Thuringian Containment Ordinance in its currently valid version.

5. closure of facilities and services

The following facilities and services are to be closed to the public:

  1. Concert halls, orchestra and theatre performances and cinemas, as far as in closed rooms,
  2. Swimming, leisure and adventure pools, as far as they are closed (pools will be reopened in June -> see sports & leisure offers)
  3. Saunas and thermal baths, as far as in closed rooms,
  4. Dance clubs and discos,
  5. Prostitution facilities, vehicles and events within the meaning of the Protection of Prostitutes Act of 21 October 2016 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 2372) as amended, brothels, swingers clubs and similar services,
  6. Trade fairs, special markets and exhibitions within the meaning of the Gewerbeordnung (German Trade Regulation Act) in the version of 22 February 1999 (BGBl. I p. 202) in the currently valid version, insofar as they are held in closed rooms,
  7. Day care facilities according to the Eleventh Book of the Social Security Code; day care facilities that are conceptually closely linked to an inpatient facility according to § 2 ThürWTG or non-self-organised outpatient assisted living forms according to § 3 para. 2 ThürWTG and thus exclusively care for their residents are excluded,
  8. Multi-generation houses and open senior citizens' facilities for senior citizens' work, especially senior citizens' clubs and senior citizens' offices.
  9. Coach events are prohibited.

Schools, institutions of initial, continuing and further vocational education and training, adult education and other institutions according to § 33 IfSG

Schools will continue to operate in a modified form and in compliance with hygiene regulations. The modified classroom instruction is gradually being expanded to include additional groups of pupils.

From 02.06.2020 at the latest, modified attendance lessons for all

From 02.06.2020 at the latest, all pupils are to be included in the modified classroom instruction. Each school decides how this is to be done in concrete terms on its own responsibility, but in coordination with the city of Jena and taking into account the concept of the Ministry of Education

Continued emergency care

Emergency care for the eligible pupils will continue to be provided within the framework of the personnel and spatial capacities of the schools. The operation of the school will be restricted or suspended if the occurrence of infection makes this necessary.

initial, continuing and further vocational training, adult education and preparatory training

From 25.05.2020, educational institutions and training centres may open up for all measures of vocational education and training, further education and training, adult education and pre-vocational training measures as well as training and integration accompanying measures.

Since 18.05.2020, the day-care facilities have been transferred in various steps to a restricted regular operation. The first step towards restricted regular operation since 18.05. is that all pre-school children and their siblings may return to the facility.

From 02.06. limited regular operation in day-care centres

From 02.06.2020 onwards, the Jena daycare centres will operate on a restricted regular basis. This means that all children can return to the daycare centers. In each day care center, a daily care time of at least 7 hours is guaranteed, for example from 08:00 to 15:00.

Reason for limited opening hours

The reason for the restricted opening hours are mainly due to the regulations issued by the Thuringian Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (TMBJS) and Thuringian Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Health, Women and Family (TMASGFF), which must be observed. These include that the children must be looked after in a fixed group with a fixed educator in a fixed room. Mixing of the children as usual in the morning or in the later afternoon hours is not permitted.

Depending on the day care centre, there will be different forms of these framework conditions, depending on spatial and personnel resources. The top priority is to strictly adhere to the hygiene rules/hygiene concepts.

By entering into restricted regular operation, the previous emergency care for children of parents with system-relevant occupations is no longer applicable.

The entry into restricted regular operation means that the previous emergency care for children of parents with system-relevant occupations is no longer applicable. The previous emergency care can only be provided until 29.05.2020 in the form most recently extended by the state by including pre-school children and their siblings in the previously known manner and during the last usual care periods.

According to the last regulation of the country, the restricted regular service must completely replace the previous emergency care. Privileged treatment of children whose parents work in system-relevant occupations is then no longer permitted under the state's ordinance.

Child day care

The day care centre is open again.

The Jena Economic Development Agency is available as a contact for the economic consequences. From 17.03. JenaWirtschaft will be operating a telephone hotline to answer questions from local companies and to provide contacts for further assistance.

The hotline can be reached by calling 0049 3641 8730030 from Monday to Friday from 09:00 to 12:00 or by e-mail: coronahilfe.jenawirtschaft@jena.de. Due to the current situation it is currently not possible to give personal advice in the office.

All important information can also be found on Coronahilfe. The website is continuously supplemented and updated.

The federal and state governments in particular are currently advising various support options for both employees and employers.

Employees* can find advice and information under the following links:

You can reach the Jena Employment Agency by telephone during opening hours at 0049 3641 379999.

General advice is available free of charge on 0049 800 4555500.

Offer Provider Contact target group Times Detailed information

Families under stress - What to do?

 City of Jena - Family counselling Phone: 0049 3641 49-2833 Families Mon-Fri: 08-14

big and small questions concerning the organisation of everyday family life during the current crisis situation
Help with quarantine Diaconia

Phone: 0049 3641 443709 or 0049 173 5728582

e-mail: kreisstelle.jena@diako-thueringen.de

 People in quarantine z. e.g. help with shopping
Support for senior citizens Diaconia

Phone: 0049 3641 443709 or 0049 173 5728582

e-mail: kreisstelle.jena@diako-thueringen.de

 Seniors z. e.g. help with shopping
Neighbourhood Help Citizens' Foundation all
Newsletter on offers of help Citizens' Foundation all
Corona Parents' Telephone DRK District Association

Phone: 0049 3641 400-700

e-mail: elterntelefon@drk-jena.de

Parents Mon-Fri: 08-18 Socio-educational specialists have an open ear for questions, needs and worries of the callers in view of the crisis-related changes in everyday family life.
24-hour counselling for young people and parents DRK District Association Teenagers and parents 24 h
Corona-help for caring relatives of dementia patients DRK District Association

Phone: 0049 3641 400-184

e-mail: demenzhilfe@drk-jena.de

 caring relatives of dementia patients Mon-Fri: 08-18 For relatives who need professional support in the care and nursing of people with dementia.
Corona daily help (from 26.03.2020) DRK District Association Phone: 0049 3641 400-600 Elderly people and those affected who cannot leave their homes due to the Corona crisis Mo.-Fr.: 08-18 o'clock
Team Thuringia - Become a helper DRK District Association Helpers
Help telephone "Violence against women" (Germany-wide) phone: 0049 800 0116 016 Women
Telephone counselling (Germany-wide)

Phone: 0049 800 1110 111 or 0049 800 111 0 222

 all 24 h No one has to give their name and their own phone number is not displayed.
Child and youth telephone Club number against sorrow

Phone: 0049 1110333 or

Phone: 0049 116111 (from anywhere in Europe)

 Children and young people Mon-Sa..: 2:00-20:00 p.m. children and young people who are worried, frightened, sad or at a loss
Parents' phone Club number against sorrow Phone: 0049 800 1110550 Parents Parents who feel overwhelmed in the current situation or feel helpless in a parenting matter

Assistance in cases of suspected child endangerment

 General Social Service City of Jena

Phone: 0049 3641 49-2711

e-mail: asd@jena.de

 all Mon-Thu: 08-16, Fri.: 08-13

cases of possible child welfare risks or you see yourself and your children in such an emergency situation
Help for people in threatening crisis situations of domestic violence Probation and Offenders Assistance Thuringia

Phone: 0049 176 43391488

e-mail: gewaltvermeidung@straffaelligenhilfe-thueringen.de

 Perpetrators of domestic violence Mon-Fri Consulting offer in dealing with the current exceptional situation
AWO Corona help Jena AWO Regional Association Central-West Thuringia e. V.

phone: 0049 36454 469269

E-mail: coronahilfejena@awo-mittewest-thueringen.de

 Senior citizens, persons in quarantine and risk groups, helpers Mon-Fri: 08-15 Advice or help in the Corona crisis
Help for mentally stressed persons Community Psychiatric Association Jena Phone: 0049 3641 9390466 Jena citizens who feel psychologically burdened by the Corona crisis Mon-Fri: 2 - 6 pm Specialist staff will advise you on your current situation and, if necessary, on further current assistance options
Conflict and social counselling for pregnant women and families Centre for Family and Single Parents phone: 0049 3641 421398 Women and families

For questions concerning social and legal issues of pregnancy and birth, family planning and contraception or conflicts during pregnancy

The local transport authority still offers bus and tram services and has taken various measures to protect passengers. These can be found under News on the local transport page.

Important points are:

  • From Monday, 20.04.2020, the holiday timetable will apply.
  • The service centre in the Holzmarkt-Passage is open again.
  • The doors in buses and trams will open automatically.

The Citizens' Service has been in limited regular operation since 11.05. You have the option of submitting a large number of applications by post, e-mail or online.

The application cannot be submitted in person. The direct contact between applicants and employees of the Citizens' Service is to be reduced to the bare essentials.

Possibilities

  • You have the option of applying for various admission procedures by post.
  • A secondary residence can be registered and de-registered by e-mail.
  • Registration certificates can be requested informally by e-mail.
  • Entitled persons can apply online for the reissue or renewal of a resident parking card.
  • Entitled parties can apply for a new parking permit for severely disabled persons by e-mail.
  • Entitled parties can apply for the new issue or renewal of the JenaBonus by e-mail.
  • You can apply for a certificate of good conduct online.

You can find detailed information under: Application Citizen Service during Corona.

Appointment required

Please note that a personal meeting can only take place if an appointment has been made in advance. You can either make an appointment online via the Citizens' Service Appointment Form or by telephone on Monday, Wednesday, Friday between 09:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. and on Tuesday and Thursday between 09:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on 0049 3641 49-3714.

Mouth and nose cover

The city of Jena is gradually introducing the obligation to wear a mouth and nose cover.

  1. With the coming into effect of the general ruling (Thursday, 02.04.) this obligation applies when using or providing services where the distance of 1.5 m does not have to be observed. These are, for example, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy measures or services provided by opticians and hearing aid acousticians.
  2. From 06.04. onwards, the obligation applies when using public transport (incl. taxi), in supermarkets or other sales outlets and when entering craft or service enterprises.
  3. The last step is valid from 10.04. resp. 14.04. (due to closure of the companies and institutions on Good Friday then from Tuesday after Easter). Then the wearing of a mouth-nose cover is also obligatory at the workplace if more than one person is working in a room. An exception is made if it is ensured that 20 sqm per person are available in a room and a distance of 1.5 m is guaranteed. The obligation to wear a mouth-nose cover also applies to public rooms in which the distance of 1.5 m cannot be maintained.
  4. From 17.04. the obligation applies when entering covered traffic areas of shopping centres (e.g. Goethe Galerie, Neue Mitte, Burgaupark) and at the weekly markets.
  5. From 26.04. the obligation applies to participation in church services and other religious meetings in closed rooms,
    when entering open facilities in the sense of § 5 of the 3rd Thür-SARS-CoV-2-EindmaßnVO (e.g. museums, galleries and exhibitions and similar offers) in closed rooms

In addition to the self-sewn mouth-nose cover, scarves, shawls, buffs and fabric cuttings made of bed sheets or other densely woven cotton fabrics (washable at 90° C) is possible.

Since a medical mask ("OP mask") is not mandatory, we ask you not to wear it. They are urgently needed by medical or nursing staff. The same applies to filtering half masks (FFP2 and FFP3).

We urgently advise against the FFP2 masks with valve, as these only filter the inhaled air and are therefore not designed for external protection!

Children are exempt from the obligation to wear a mouth-nose cover until they enter school.

Through a Mouth and nose cover droplets that are emitted when speaking, coughing or sneezing are intercepted. The risk of infecting another person by coughing or sneezing is reduced. The wearing of aMouth and nose cover is therefore primarily foreign protection.

Of course, a simple, fabric-stitched Mouth and nose cover not for the care of corona-positive patients. A mouth and nose protector is required here.

But: Every covering has more protective effect for wearer and opposite than none!

By wearing the cover, we protect above all those who are now maintaining public life in the city. These include public transport drivers, supermarket or drugstore employees, doctors, nurses and carers.

And, of course, we all have a special responsibility, especially towards the risk groups: for example, the elderly and people with pre-existing conditions.

Not every infected person notices that they are sick. Wearing a cover can prevent undetected infected people from infecting others.

Public spaces and weekly markets

All persons entering public spaces and weekly markets where the safety distance cannot be maintained (supermarkets, food outlets, offices of craftsmen and service providers, public transport, banks, etc.) must have a Mouth and nose cover wear.

Where space can be tight - e.g. in shops, shopping centres, stalls at weekly markets

Mouth and nose covers do not have to be worn immediately when leaving the house, but when entering non-private, rooms and weekly markets. That is, in rooms or areas where it may happen that the distances cannot be maintained.

Then it is mainly about your shopping, so a time of about 1-2 hours to reduce the risk of transmission.

church services, religious meetings

When attending church services and other religious gatherings in closed rooms, mouth and nose covers must be worn.

museums, galleries and exhibitions in closed rooms

  • when entering open facilities within the meaning of § 5 of the 3rd Thür-SARS-CoV-2-EindmaßnVO (e.g. museums, galleries and exhibitions and similar offerings) in closed rooms

School

  • in classroom lessons, but also breaks and moving (e.g. changing rooms) within the school building (compulsory from 04.05.)
Exceptions
  • Excluded from this obligation is the stay outside, especially breaks in the schoolyard (in this case appropriate measures must be taken to ensure that the minimum distance is observed),
  • Excluded are also test situations (here, special attention must be paid to a strict hygiene and ventilation regime and distances beyond the minimum distance of 1.5 m must be ensured).

Please wash before touching and applying the Mouth and nose cover thoroughly and disinfect your hands if possible. The cover must fit tightly in front of your nose and mouth.

Also, you should not touch them while they are being worn.

As an alternative to a mask, you can, for example, also cut two-ply tea towels, bed sheets or other cloths from densely woven cotton in such a way that they can be tied in front of your mouth and nose.

Also the use of scarves or buffs made of cotton fabrics is possible.

Since a medical mask ("surgical mask") is not prescribed, we ask you not to wear it. These are urgently required by medical or nursing staff. The same applies to filtering half masks (FFP2 and FFP3).

We strongly advise against the FFP2 masks with valve, as these only filter the air you breathe in and are therefore not designed for protection against foreign bodies!

If you are looking for a suitable fabric for your mouth-nose cover, please check our Jena fabric shops first and thereby support the people here locally.

Shop Contact Advance booking payment Sale Address
kabuff - Fabric shop & Café
  • 12:00-16:00
 Wagnergasse 11,
00743 Jena
Fabric & Design

Phone: 0049 3641 5512997
e-mail: info@stoffunddesign.de

 pre-order by e-mail possible contactless payment via Paypal or bank transfer possible
  • Shipping
  • Delivery at the shop door
 Schillerstraße 1,
07745 Jena
Ommella

Tel..: 0049 3641 5618245
e-mail: info@ommella.de

 Pre-order by e-mail possible takes place by delivery Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 31,
07749 Jena
Fabric Rabbit
  • Mon-Fri: 10:00-17:00
  • Sat: 09:00-12:30
 Drackendorfer Street 11a,
07747 Jena
Jenaer Stoffhaus Tel..: 0049 3641 443251
e-mail: info@stoffhaus-jena.de
  • Mon-Fri: 10:00-18:00
  • Sat: 09:00-12:00

It is also important to change and wash the self-sewn Mouth and nose covers they must be changed and washed regularly, especially when they are soaked.

The self-sewn Mouth and nose covers can be used several times by washing them as a boil wash (at 90° C or 95° C) and then ironing them. This procedure destroys the germs.

The coverings must be washed daily! Cleaning can also be done by boiling them in a pot on the stove.

Yes!

Covers are a supplement to the measures. They do not replace the minimum distance of 1.5 meters. Also the further hygiene measures may not be neglected.

The wearing of a Mouth and nose cover can lead to a false sense of security. As a result, the wearer runs the risk of forgetting important hygiene measures such as washing hands.

It is extremely important to change the covering regularly (change it immediately if it is soaked through, but at least once a day) and to wash and iron at high temperatures after each use.

The agency ART-KON-TOR developed a campaign for the obligation of the mouth and nose covering.

Here the motives as download:

Our action "My smile behind for the heroes before" has started. You can publish your "mask pictures", on the networks Instagram and Twitter, with the hashtag #my smile for heroes, then they will appear on our Social-Wall.

We are looking forward to your photos!

Quarantine

Anyone who has been in a risk area in the last 14 days or who has had contact with a person who has tested positive for Corona is obliged to stay exclusively in their home or in areas of their residential property used exclusively by themselves.

Family members or persons living in the household not automatically quarantined

Family members or persons living in the household are is not automatically quarantined. Please try the contact to these persons to restrict restrict. It is also published for these people a voluntary quarantine is recommended.

Exceptions

There is no obligation for domestic quarantine:

  • returnees from Member States of the European Union, and
  • Iceland,
  • the Principality of Liechtenstein,
  • Norway,
  • Switzerland and
  • the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

This does not apply if the state in question has a cumulative number of newly infected persons in relation to the population of more than 50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants over the last seven days. In this respect, reference is made to the publication of the Robert Koch Institute following the statistical analyses and publications of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control: Quarantine on entry into Germany. Please inform yourself there in advance about the current situation.

In case of contact with a person who has been tested positive for corona

If you come into contact with a person who has been proven positive for coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 tested person, also spend 14 days in quarantine.

If you do, please make sure to write a second e-mail tocorona@jena.deif you did not specify a phone number or contact to an infected person had not mentioned. Please indicate the contact to positive tested persons in the subject line.

In case of contact to positively tested person and symptoms

If you have contact to a positive Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and had symptoms such as increased body temperature (over 37.5°C), breathing problems/short breath, dry Cough, lung pain, acute loss of sense of smell and taste, have significant neck and limb pain, must also have Immediate notification at the fever consultation under Tel. 00493641 49-3333regardless of whether a message is displayed next to it at the family doctor or the telephone number 116 117.

Fastest possible processing

Please be assured that we will respond to your request as soon as possible. edit! Due to the extremely high volume of e-mails, this may cause some days, also in view of the fact that reports from persons with Symptoms and contact persons of persons proven to be infected with the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 infected persons must be given priority.

Further instructions for quarantine and hygiene rules

Find further instructions for quarantine and hygiene rules please visit infektionsschutz.de.

Domestic quarantine means that you are not allowed to leave your flat / accommodation unit, not even to go shopping or similar. However, you are allowed to stay in areas of the residential property used exclusively by yourself.

Keep a distance

Keep as much distance as possible from roommates / family members. Use different bathrooms if possible.

For example, friends or family members can go shopping for you. However, the handing over of the purchases must be contactless, i.e. the purchases are left in front of the door.

If you are alone and need support, please contact the Bürgerstiftung Jena. They have an overview of all supporters, for example for shopping.

Further help offers are listed here under -> Further hotlines and support.

If the quarantine has been ordered by the public health department and you are symptom-free, then you do not need a sick note.

As soon as you have or get symptoms that point to corona, then call the fever hotline 0049 3641 49-3333.

Yes. As a rule, the employer continues to pay the wage for a maximum of six weeks.

The basis for this is the Infection Protection Act (IfSG) § 56, paragraph 5, which obliges the employer to pay out the money on behalf of the authorities, but which he can subsequently have refunded by the authorities.

Information and application forms for employers and self-employed persons

You can find further information on the website of the Thuringian State Administration Office.

The obligation of quarantine (also prohibition of entry) results directly from the general disposition. Please present these to your employer.

The proof that you are a returnee from a risk area must beto your employer or other third partiesperform by yourself, e.g. byPresentation ofTravel contracts, tickets, own affidavits, etc. Therefore keep these documents in a safe place!

They do not fall under the general dispositions (no travel returners, etc.) and were directly quarantined by the city of Jena? Only in this case you will receive a separate notification from the Health Department as proof for the employer.

The above-mentioned quarantine orders are considered to be work release. You will only receive a health insurance certificate additionally - as usual - from your attending doctor if you show signs of illness.

Coronavirus

The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is currently spreading increasingly worldwide. Risk areas can change constantly.

Easy language

You will find an explanation in easy language in the health portal.

For children

The Federal Centre for Health Education has made available an explanatory video on the virus for children. Whe way to protect yourself from contagious infectious diseases is shown by Agent Blitz Blank. Song and video Handwasch-Show help to practice hand washing.

Risk areas and case numbers

The Robert Koch Institute provides up-to-date information on risk areas and case numbers.

Disease, symptoms, incubation period

The disease COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 is accompanied by symptoms such as coughing, sniffles, neck scratches and fever. Some sufferers also suffer from diarrhea. In some patients, the virus seems to be associated with a more severe course, leading to respiratory problems and pneumonia.

The novel coronavirus is transmissible from person to person. It can be assumed that the transmission - as with other coronaviruses - occurs primarily via secretions of the respiratory tract. The novel coronaviruses were also found in stool samples taken from some affected individuals.

Currently, it is assumed that the incubation period is 2 to 10 days.

Based on risk assessments, information and, if necessary, measures are adjusted daily. This is done on the basis of reports from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) of the European Union and the World Health Organization (WHO).

Risk assessment of the RKI for Germany

The Robert Koch Institute continuously records the current situation, evaluates all information and assesses the risk for the population in Germany. The current risk assessment of the RKI for Germany can be found here.

Protection against infectious diseases

Currently there is a much higher risk of getting infected with the seasonal flu! For this flu season the annually adjusted vaccine is available. Get vaccinated against flu!

Regardless of the appearance of the new coronavirus, the most important hygiene measures for your personal protection and the protection of the population are regular and thorough hand washing with soap and water, as well as adherence to the coughing and sneezing label!

Please also talk to your children about these measures.

Options for contact reduction measures

Whether in the private sector, in the organisation of major events, in companies and businesses, or in the medical sector, there are ways to reduce contact.

Provider Phone Day Times
Federal Ministry of Health 0049 30 346465100 Monday - Thursday 08:00 - 18:00
Federal Ministry of Health 0049 30 346465100 Friday 08:00 - 12:00
Thuringian State Office for Consumer Protection 0049 361 57-3815099 Monday - Friday 09:00 - 12:00 and 13:30 - 15:00

International information

Symptoms of an infection with the corona virus are coughing, sneezing, fever and a sore throat. Some people infected also suffer from diarrhea. In extreme cases the virus can lead to respiratory problems or pneumonia.

The corona virus can spread from human to human via respiratory droplets generated by sneezing and coughing.

The incubation period is typically two to fourteen days.

To reduce the chances of becoming infected, it is advised to avoid close contact with sick individuals, to frequently (and thoroughly!) wash hands with soap and water, and to not touch the eyes, nose or mouth with unwashed hands.

For more thorough information you can consult the websites of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO)

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Federal Commissioner for Integration

The Federal Commissioner for Integration has published reliable information in many different languages / Information in several languages can be found here.

Refugee Council Thuringia

The Refugee Council of Thuringia has also provided information on the coronavirus in various languages published. / For further information in different languages see this website.

Information in several languages on Youtube

Further information

Tips for planning your day at home

In these hard times JenaKultur presents cultural offers and initiatives that can be reached or used online. The contents are constantly updated.

Boredom need not even arise. In the following you will find some handicraft instructions, game ideas, child-friendly baking and cooking recipes as well as offers that support learning at home.

Family activities for children

All kinds of things against boredom
radio plays, stories, lectures
Singing
Movement
  • ALBA BERLIN - ALBA's daily sports lesson: Mon - Fri. 9 o'clock nursery | Mon, Wed, Fri. 15 o'clock primary school | Tues, Thu. 15 o'clock secondary school - YouTube
  • Lichtkinder - Play and movement songs - with videos - Youtube
  • Dog, cat, mouse - Yoga for children - Natalie Philler - YouTube
Games
Tinkering, experimenting

School at home - ideas for school children

For all

Suggestions for this compilation came, among others, from the municipal day-care centre Anne Frank and the municipal day-care centre Munketal - many thanks!

Posters as service for shops and restaurants

This poster for printing contains the rule for shopping.

This poster contains a template for the maximum number of customers in stores.

This poster (PDF) contains the regulations in the gastronomy sector.

Downloads

Thuringian SARS-CoV-2 Measures Development Regulation - 12.05.2020 (PDF, 9.73 MB)
Justification - Thuringia SARS-CoV-2-Maßnahmenfortentwicklungsverordnung - 12.05.2020 (PDF, 121.79 KB)
General ruling Jena - new version - 14.05.2020 (PDF, 8.81 MB)
Second Thuringian Ordinance on Quarantine Measures for Entry and Return Travelers to Combat the Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 - 25.05.2020 (PDF, 21.06 KB)
Catalogue of fines Land Thuringia - 12.05.2020 (PDF, 7.5 MB)
Catalogue of fines City of Jena (PDF, 655.91 KB)
Notes Hygiene framework plan for enterprises (PDF, 72.41 KB)
Information leaflet of the city of Jena about the Coronavirus (PDF, 40.68 KB)
Information sheet Corona - Easy language (PDF, 242.16 KB)
Doctor registration form (PDF, 1.97 MB)
Notice arrangement quarantine (PDF, 29.53 KB)
General ruling - easy language - 14.05.2020 (PDF, 126.6 KB)

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