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The flyer with all important information on the Corona pandemic has been revised in view of the changes decided upon at the beginning of November. The revised version is available in German and in the following 20 other languages: English, French, Turkish, Italian, Russian, Dari, Farsi, Chinese, Arabic, Spanish, Bulgarian, Polish, Romanian, Hungarian, Greek, Vietnamese, Tigrinja, Albanian, Croatian and Czech. The PDF is available here:

www.integrationsbeauftragte.de/corona-virus

Anyone traveling to Lower Saxony who has stayed in a risk area abroad in the past ten days must immediately enter a ten-day quarantine.
This means that immediately after entering the country from a risk area, those affected must go directly to their own home, place of habitual residence or other suitable accommodation and isolate themselves from other people there without interruption for a period of ten days after entering the country. This also applies to those persons who enter Lower Saxony from a risk area via another country.

Proof that there is no infection
You are also required to either present a Corona test in German, English or French that is no more than 48 hours old or be tested for the Corona virus immediately after entry.
The underlying test must meet the requirements of the Robert Koch Institute, which are published on the Internet at https://www.rki.de/covid-19-tests.
Even if this initial test was negative, immediately after entry from the risk area, the person must go directly to his or her own home, place of habitual residence, or other suitable accommodation, and isolate himself or herself from other people there without interruption for a period of ten days after entry.
The quarantine period can be terminated no earlier than five days after entry. A prerequisite for this is a second PCR test with a negative test result, which may be carried out at the earliest on the fifth day after entry.

The entry regulation aims to minimize the entry of Corona infections from foreign areas with an increased or particularly high risk. Anyone who has stayed in such a risk area and enters the Federal Republic of Germany must fulfill registration, testing and verification obligations.
A distinction is made between three types of risk areas abroad:

1.  Areas for which the Federal Ministry of Health, in consultation with the Federal Foreign Office and the Federal Ministry of the Interior, has identified an increased risk of infection with a threatening communicable disease.
2. High-incidence areas with an incidence several times higher than that of Germany, but at least 200
3. Areas in which particularly infectious virus variants are prevalent

An overview of these areas can be found here, at the Robert Koch Institute.

After staying in a risk area, before entering the country, travelers must, in principle and as before, fill out a digital entry declaration. No later than 48 hours after entry, they must have proof that they are not infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus upon entry and present it to the appropriate authority upon request.
Those entering from a risk area where there are particularly high incidences or where particularly contagious viral variants are prevalent must have the proof with them at the time of entry and present it at the request of the carrier at the time of departure, the competent authority at the time of entry or police control.

A mandatory requirement for entry into Germany from 2 July 2020 onwards is considered in the following cases:

•     Health personnel, health researchers and geriatric care personnel,
•     foreign professionals and highly qualified workers whose employment is necessary from an economic point of view and whose work cannot be postponed or carried out abroad
•     Personnel in freight transport and other transport personnel,
•     seasonal workers in agriculture,
•     Sailors,

•     foreign students whose studies cannot be completely carried out from abroad

•     foreign family members arriving by way of family reunification and visits for urgent family reasons,
•     persons in need of international protection or protection on other humanitarian grounds,
•     diplomats, staff of international organisations, military personnel and humanitarian workers in the course of their duties
•     Late repatriates,
•     Passengers in transit.

The entry of third-country nationals requires the necessary entry requirements (e.g. D visa). When visiting for urgent family reasons, travellers are requested to carry appropriate proofs of identity which show that it is absolutely necessary to cross the border.

The decision on the entry permit is made at the dutiful discretion of the local officials.

Travellers must observe the respective quarantine regulations of the federal states.

Source: https://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/faqs/DE/themen/bevoelkerungsschutz/coronavirus/coronavirus-faqs.html#doc13738352bodyText3

"A Covid 19 test centre was set up at Hannover Airport. This is available exclusively for travel returnees from risk areas in accordance with the Robert Koch Institute. These tests are currently still voluntary to avoid quarantine.

The test center is located on the short-term parking level on the arrivals level in front of Terminal C and is open around the clock. Please follow the signs in the terminal. In the area of the test centre, please wear your mouth and nose cover.

In the entrance area there is an accreditation to enter the test station. Please have your identification documents as well as proof of your flight (boarding card, booking confirmation, luggage label, etc.) ready to prove your identity. If you have your health insurance card with you, please also have it ready to speed up the procedure. The test procedure takes a few minutes. Afterwards you will receive a QR code, which will provide you with the test result after 24 hours by scanning the code".

A previous registration is not necessary. The tests are free of charge for travellers.

Source:https://www.hannover-airport.de/rund-ums-fliegen/coronavirus-passagierinformationen/

These tests are offered at several airports throughout Germany such as Airports Düsseldorf, Cologne/Bonn, Frankfurt am Main, Dortmund, Munich, Airport Münster-Osnabrück (FMO).

Source: https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/Flughafen-Osnabrueck-Testzentrum-in-Betrieb,reiserueckkehrer108.html

"In cooperation with Lufthansa and Fraport, the company CENTOGENE will be offering coronavirus rapid tests at Frankfurt Airport. It is a so-called RT-PCR test (Reserve Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction Test), which detects whether an acute infection with the COVID-19 virus is present.

This test may help avoid restrictive measures following your arrival  at your destination, e.g. the quarantine period required in many countries, or when returning to Germany from abroad.

Opening hours and prices

The test center is located in the passage between Terminal 1 and the office building "The Squaire" and open as follows:

• Monday to Friday: 7:00 to 19:00
• Saturday, Sunday, public holidays: 9:00 to 17:00

Following a prior registration at the CENTOGENE website, a throat swab may be collected at the test center - no appointment necessary. You will receive the test result in digital form from CENTOGENE.

Two versions of tests are available:

• € 59 incl. VAT for a result within 6 - 8 hours
• € 139 incl. VAT for a result within 3 hours (Express Test)"

Source: https://www.lufthansa.com/de/en/corona-testcenter

Information about the Corona-Warn-App in several languages

Information on and download of the Corona-Warn-App in German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Turkish, Russian, Arabic, Albanian, Dari, Farsi, Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Croatian, Polish, Romanian, Vietnamese, Tigrinja

Why do we need an app?
The app helps stop the spread of the coronavirus. It detects other smartphones around you on which the app is also activated. The app will inform you if you have had contact with someone who has tested positive for coronavirus who has also installed the app. You can then react quickly and prevent the virus from spreading unwittingly. The Federal Government supports the app because it is for the protection and health of the community. Your data is encrypted. No one can draw any conclusions about you or your location.

How does the app work?
The app uses Bluetooth technology to measure the distance and duration of encounters between two people who have both installed the app. The devices exchange random codes with each other. If people using the app test positive for coronavirus, they can voluntarily inform other users. Then the random codes of the infected person are made available to everyone else who uses the app. 

When does the app warn me? 
You will not receive an immediate warning if you approach a person who has tested positive for coronavirus by closer than two metres. Otherwise your privacy would not be guaranteed. Your smartphone has no information about who is infected. It only knows that it has been near another smartphone on which a positive coronavirus test result has been stored.

Am I obliged to install the app? 
No. Use of the app is voluntary and is for your protection. You can delete the app at any time and all stored information will be deleted.

Who is behind the app? What about my privacy? 
The app is a project developed on behalf of the Federal Government. Deutsche Telekom and SAP developed the app. The Federal Office for Information Security and the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information were involved in the project’s data protection and security. Protecting your privacy is a top priority with the app. You remain anonymous at all times when you use the app.

Source: https://www.integrationsbeauftragte.de/ib-de/service/fragen-und-antworten/back-to-everyday-life-with-the-corona-warn-app-for-germany-1761634