Corona virus Information

Updated 08 August 2021

Here is a list of reliable sites where you can get factual information.  For translating you can use Google Translate of Deepl
The German Covid hotline is 116117.

Information for each Stadt/Landkreis

• Corona in Zahlen
• Covid Dashboard (RKI)

Stay informed

Most “Bundesländer” make use of Threema, Whatsapp or Telegram to help keep people informed.
The NINA Warn-app is also very handy
Another useful app is Darf ich das?

Vaccination Information

• How many vaccinations per country
• Key facts from the European medicines agency
• Infosheet from the RKI
• FAQ from the Bundesministerium für Gesundheit
• Impfdashboard Germany
• When do I qualify to be vaccinated? To see the finer detail you can read more here (published 08.02.2021)

Intensive bed capacity

• Info for Germany

List of approved Schnelltests

• Paul-Ehrlich-Institute

Travel

• Travel from Germany to South Africa
• Travel from South Africa to Germany
• Travel in the Schengen Area
• Travel experiences during Covid

Germany

• Robert Koch-Insti­tut
• Bundesregierung
• Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung
• BMEL –Auswirkungen auf die Lebensmittelversorgung sowie Haustiere und Landwirtschaft
• Bundesministeriums für Arbeit und Soziales
• Worldometer – stats per country
• South African Embassy in Berlin
• Patientenservice 116117 – alle infos
• Zusammen gegen Corona
• Covid-19 Projections for Germany
• https://www.bing.com/covid/local/germany
• Covid Simulator

Bundesländer

• Baden-Württemberg
• Bayern
• Berlin
• Brandenburg
• Bremen
• Hamburg
• Hessen
• Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• Niedersachsen
• Nordrhein-Westfalen, also this website 
• Rheinland-Pfalz
• Saarland
• Sachsen
• Sachsen-Anhalt
• Schleswig-Holstein
• Thüringen

South Africa

• National Institute for Communicable Diseases
• Department of Health
• News site for the Presidency, they also have a Facebook site, search for “The Presidency of the Republic of South Africa”
• The draft framework of the different lock-down levels
• The Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) has a great Twitter feed, look for “GCIS Media Liaison”
• Site using Power BI to report on the current situation
• https://mediahack.co.za/datastories/coronavirus/dashboard/

Information about the Delta variant