UPDATE, 1 April 2021 - From 2 April 2021, the emergency brake mentioned below will apply in the district of Märkisch-Oderland until at least 16 April. Over the Easter holidays, this is suspended, so to speak, but it is strongly advised to reduce contacts as much as possible.
Excerpt from the state government's press release on the amended Corona Ordinance
"The corona infection figures are also rising significantly in Brandenburg. While the state-wide 7-day incidence was 79.9 a fortnight ago, it has already reached 145.54 today. With the Uckermark, only one district is still below the decisive 100 mark. For this reason, the state government today made the announced amendment to the Seventh SARS-CoV-2 Containment Ord inance and, due to the dynamic development of infections, decided not to start any pilot projects for the time being. The new ordinance will apply up to and including 18 April. The cabinet also decided today to extend the quarantine ordinance until 18 April. There were no changes here.
The most important points of the Containment Ordinance are
- For districts and independent cities, a clear emergency brake continues to apply if the 100 incidence value is exceeded on three consecutive days. This is supplemented by a night-time curfew. The curfew applies in the period from Thursday (1 April) to Monday (5 April). It begins at 10 p.m. and ends at 5 a.m. the following day. As with the regulation in December, there are only exceptions for valid reasons.
- The following applies from 1 April to midnight on Easter Monday: Regardless of the 7-day incidences, private gatherings are permitted with members of your own household and with people from another household, but with a maximum of five people in total. Children up to the age of 14 are not counted. This means that the emergency brake will be relaxed somewhat over the Easter holidays.
- Employers must ensure that all employees can take a coronavirus test (quick or self-test) at least one day a week on the basis of an individual testing concept.
- If personal data must be recorded in a contact record for the purpose of contact tracing, this is now also possible in electronic form using a smartphone app (e.g. Luca app).
- In care facilities, equivalent forms of housing and special forms of housing, there will be no person limit for visits in future, provided that
- at least 75 per cent of residents have been fully vaccinated against the SARS-CoV-2 virus for at least two weeks,
- employees have had the opportunity to be vaccinated and
- there is currently no corona outbreak in the facility. [...]"