The German situation today':
1. If you think (this is a difficult thing to gauge) that you have the virus....call 116 117. DON'T go to the emergency room or your local doctor. They will alert your local folks, and instructions will be given to show up at a medical facility doorway....where the test will be given (you need to cite some symptoms to reach this level though). They don't want virus-affected people showing up at the emergency rooms, and passing it onto medical staff or other non-virus patients. According to the news media in Germany....the test requires about three to four hours.
2. 115 is now the telephone number to alert your local authority on issues (like your neighbor seems to be awful sick). It's not really explained how this is different from 116 117....but this seems to go to authorities, and not the medical folks.
3. If you arrive at any entry point (airports in particular) and come from Iran, South Korea, Japan, China or Italy.....you need to fill in a entry-card to say where you came from, and where you will be staying. How this will work at train stations....is an unknown. On autobahn entry from Italy? It's hard to figure if they will stop all cars and ask for this card to be filled out.
4. The federal police (not the state guys) are ordered to increase patrols along the border. No one is saying that they will stop more people....just that they will act more vigilant.
5. Some German federal priority is now given to acquiring more facial masks. This week, it's been noted about a national shortage, and significant price increase for all masks. Adding to the stress.....no one can say for sure if there is a manufacturer still existing in Germany for facial masks. Most that you see on the market or in pharmacy operations....were all Chinese-made.
6. Some business notes exist to suggest that Lufthansa will drop around 25-percent of their short-haul flights (meaning in Germany and Europe) over the next month. This kinda suggests that pilots and crew-members will be given shorter hours. One might suggest that other airlines will follow, and that the traffic out of Frankfurt might fall a good bit by the end of March.
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