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Re:Merkel bans meetings of more than two people to slow coro... by ohlookabird on Sunday March 22, 2020 @02:51PM (#22657478)
That's surprising. A family member of mine (mid 20ies) in Germany went on a one-week vacation to the north of Germany (he lives somewhere else in Germany) two weeks ago and one of them wasn't feeling well. So they called the respective office to ask about Covid-19 and were told to stay at there vacation home, no one should go anywhere and someone would come to see and test them. They came early the next day in full hazmat suits testing everyone of them. Also bringing an official order that they have to stay in the house until there are results. Results where available a few hours later and they were told by phone that they are negative and can move freely again. All of this was about two weeks ago. They were generally happy with the response and the speed of everything.
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Re:Merkel bans meetings of more than two people to slow coro... by yokaze on Sunday March 22, 2020 @03:33PM (#22657849)
Health is delegated to the States, not a federal matter, so the respond may differ greatly between each of them.

The title is also misleading, as Merkel does not have the power to decide such things. Well, at least not by the letter.

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Re:Merkel bans meetings of more than two people to slow coro... by foepys on Sunday March 22, 2020 @04:07PM (#22658149)
It's even worse. Each city and county has its own health department (Gesundheitsamt) that can freely decide on their own guidelines. So you have some departments that test nearly everybody and others that will only test when you call 3 different always busy hotlines with a 40°C fever - which btw isn't even an indicator; you can be infected and just have a mild cold.

Bavaria declared a statewide emergency in part to be able to overrule and have a consistent guideline across all health departments.

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Re:Merkel bans meetings of more than two people to slow coro... by 101404 on Sunday March 22, 2020 @08:45PM (#22660251)
Honestly, Bavaria is the only State that implemented sane rules.

The list of exceptions in NRW is completely crazy.

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Re:Merkel bans meetings of more than two people to slow coro... by sneak on Monday March 23, 2020 @12:22AM (#22661250)
What is the list? Do you have a link?
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Re:Merkel bans meetings of more than two people to slow coro... by k__ on Sunday March 22, 2020 @03:16PM (#22657695)
Friends of mine were on a vacation in Italy too a few weeks ago. They said they were tested right at the border and got their results in under 24h
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Re:Merkel bans meetings of more than two people to slow coro... by type0 on Sunday March 22, 2020 @03:29PM (#22657807)
> That's surprising. A family member of mine (mid 20ies) in Germany went on a one-week vacation to the north of Germany (he lives somewhere else in Germany)

Not every state responds the same and follows the same routines, that's the federal structure for you and differences can be enormous depending on where it is.

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