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Effects of the Containment Ordinance of 12 November 2021
Dear colleagues,
dear students,
We would like to take this opportunity to inform you about some changes brought about by the Ordinance on Temporary Containment Measures due to the SARS-CoV-2 Virus and COVID-19 in the State of Brandenburg (SARS-CoV-2 Containment Ordinance - SARS-CoV-2-EindV) of 12 November 2021, and which the Crisis Team - especially in view of the current developments in connection with the Corona pandemic - decided on at its last meeting on Thursday 11 November 2021.
All regulations mentioned here are valid from Monday, 15 November 2021.
Onsite teaching
We are still aiming to run our face-to-face courses and teaching as a whole as planned. This means that there will be no changes to the current timetable at the moment. We will do everything we can to ensure that this remains the case in the coming weeks, because studying and teaching are our core business.
But to make this possible, we all have to be very disciplined.
Wearing masks
With regard to the obligation to wear masks, there is still the regulation that this does not exist as long as people are in a fixed seat and a distance to others of at least one metre is maintained. Nevertheless, in view of the current pandemic development, we ask you to voluntarily wear medical or FFP2 masks at your seat even if the minimum distance is maintained. In the event that this cannot be maintained, masks must also be worn at the seat.
An exception is always the so-called "teaching zone". Here, the speaker can remove the mask during class as before.
Seating arrangements
At this point, we urgently appeal to all students: Please pay attention to the distances to your seat neighbours ("chequerboard pattern" / 1 m minimum distance). This is in your interest and in the interest of all of us.
We appeal to the teachers to please pay attention to the seat distances and to take corrective action if necessary.
Compulsory testing
According to § 25, para. 2 of the SARS-CoV-2 Containment Ordinance of 12 November 2021, our previous testing concept is no longer valid, i.e. no more self-tests including the personally signed negative certificate will be accepted.
Instead, official test certificates from official (rapid) test centres are necessary from now on.
Here is an overview of possible test stations:
- LK Dahme-Spreewald: https://www.dahme-spreewald.info/sixcms/detail.php/70521
- Berlin: https://www.berlin.de/corona/testzentren/
The university regrets this step, as it represents increased efforts for all those who rely on the tests. The only way to avoid this expense is to get vaccinated. Therefore, our appeal in this context is once again: Get vaccinated.
Events with a festive character (especially Christmas parties)
After a long and extensive discussion - and with a heavy heart - we have come to the decision not to allow any events with a "party character", such as Christmas parties, on the premises (indoor) and on the entire campus (outdoor) of the TH Wildau this year (again).
Committees / working meetings
Please conduct committee work or working meetings online whenever possible - regardless of your G status.
University Library
Due to the room planning capacities, the library has a person and workstation limit of 110 persons. In order to inform you in the future - especially during peak times - about the current capacity status of the library, a traffic light system is now being developed that simply displays the capacities. We will inform you shortly as soon as this system is ready and usable.
One final word: Once again, we ask for your understanding for these measures. We know that the majority of our employees, teachers and students have already been vaccinated - and we would like to take this opportunity to thank them! Nevertheless, we are convinced that every avoided infection is more important than every (even) mild illness.
Thank you very much - stay healthy!
On behalf of the Crisis Team