Status: 15.11.2022 11:55
The German Medical Association no longer considers corona isolation necessary, the restrictions on the freedom of those affected are disproportionate. Instead, medical associations have appealed to the personal responsibility of citizens.
The head of the German Medical Association, Klaus Reinhardt, believes that the end of the obligation to isolate corona-infected people is “medically justifiable” in view of the declining number of infections and the predominantly mild course of the disease. The experience of other European countries that have already taken this step also demonstrates this, he told the “Rheinische Post”.
Reinhardt calls for uniform regulations nationwide
Reinhardt stressed that the isolation obligations are “far-reaching measures that limit freedom” that “are disproportionate at the moment”. However, it would be desirable for the federal states to agree on a uniform procedure nationwide.
It is difficult to get people in one federal state to adhere to isolation requirements even if they are symptom-free if there are no restrictions in similar cases in the neighboring federal state, Reinhardt said. “It’s important that people learn to deal with these slack independently and to be thoughtful.”
General Practitioners: If you are sick, you should stay at home
The German Association of General Practitioners has also referred to the personal liability of those affected. From a medical point of view, the motto should be: “Those who are sick stay at home. No one who coughs and sniffles should sit in the office or on a full train,” said the federal president of the Association of General Practitioners , Markus Beier, of the “Rheinische Post”. From a GP perspective, it is an exception if a patient has a positive rapid corona test but no symptoms, Beier said.
The German Medical Association supports the end of the corona isolation obligation
Claudia Plass, ARD Berlin, November 15, 2022 09:41
Lauterbach: End of the obligation to isolate the “irresponsible”
Health Minister Karl Lauterbach, on the other hand, considers the lifting of the isolation obligation “irresponsible”. Vulnerable groups would be “completely ignored”, he told the “Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger”. For many of them, a corona infection could be life threatening.
The CEO of the German Hospital Society, Gerald Gaß, makes the end of the isolation obligation conditional on a fundamental end to the pandemic. “When the pandemic is declared over, isolation, mask requirements and other measures must also be lifted,” he told the “Rheinische Post”. However, if the pandemic is not declared over, it makes no sense to exempt individual areas from protective measures, but not others.
Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse and Schleswig-Holstein announced on Friday they would lift the coronavirus isolation requirement for people who test positive.
