Current Information on the Coronavirus
Important Contacts
Weimar's Corona-Hotline
03643 - 762 555
Hours of Operation:
Monday - Friday: 9am - 4pm
Saturday: 9am - 2 pm
The hotline is currently very busy. Please try several times.
Emergency Medical Services 116 117
If you require help outside the hotline’s operation hours, please contact the
emergency medical services at 116 117.
The current Weimar figures (as of 18.1.2021, 10:00 a.m.):
- Number of people who have tested positive since the beginning of the pandemic: 1,375 (saldo to previous day: +8)
- Number of people currently infected: 279 (-16)
- Number of recoveries: 1042 (+23)
- Number of deaths: 54 (+1)
- Number of inpatients treated at hospitals: 17 (+1)
- People in quarantine: 903 (-4)
- 7-day incidence: (new cases until 0 a.m.): 246.83 (previous day, new cases until 0 a.m.: 243.76)
Current legal basis
Important information
Due to the high number of new infections we are facing at the moment, it can currently take up to three days for the health department to contact persons who have had contact to people, tested positive. The health department therefore asks for your assistance: If you know that you have had contact with a person who has tested positive (at least 15 minutes, less than 1.5 m away and without face-mask), please quarantine yourself immediately. The same applies if your Corona warning app indicates you are at high risk from contact with a person who has tested positive. If you yourself have received a positive test result, we ask you to inform all contact persons as soon as possible even before the public health department could contact them.
The Thuringian Ministry of Health declares: "From an incidence value of more than 200 per 100,000 inhabitants per week in the county or the independent city in which the respective inpatient care facility or the special living arrangement for people with disabilities is located, only one fixed registered visitor is permitted per resident each day. The visiting person may not change." This also applies to Weimar and the relatives of people who are housed in care facilities, since Weimar has already exceeded the incidence level of 200 for several days and there is no foreseeable improvement in the short term.
The city of Weimar has put together general information regarding the coronavirus. Below you will find answers to frequently asked questions and links to important sources.
Frequently asked questions
Current Information on the Coronavirus
Below are links to reliable sources. These are constantly being updated. They link to german sources.
Corona information portal of the Thuringian state government
Risk Areas | Robert-Koch-Institut
FAQ about Coronavirus | Robert-Koch-Institut
What employees have to know | Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund
Information for companies | Industrie- und Handelskammer Erfurt
Information and funding opportunities for companies | Thüringer Aufbaubank
Global cases | Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO)
Information on COVID-19| Thüringer Ministerium für Jugend, Bildung und Sport
Hygiene Advice
You can help limit the spread of the coronavirus by following the tips below.
The Ten Most Important Hygiene Steps
- Wash your hands often
- Wash your hand thoroughly
- Keep your hands away from your face
- Follow proper coughing and sneezing etiquette (keep your distance from others and sneeze or cough into the crook of your elbow)
- Isolate yourself from others if you are ill
- Protect any open wounds
- Keep your home clean
- Be sure to wash food properly
- Wash dishes and laundry using hot water
- Ventilate your home or office regularly
In addition, abstain from shaking hands.