Important information on coronavirus
Please note the current regulations at Charité:
According to new nationwide rules, the obligation to wear an FFP2 mask and get tested is being eliminated as of March 1, 2023, for healthcare facility employees, patients, and those accompanying patients. Visitors to hospitals, medical practices, and nursing homes are still required to wear FFP2 masks for the time being.
The current visitation rules – inpatients are allowed to receive visits from one person for one hour, once daily – will remain in effect for the time being.
Rules for patients and companions
- The standard hygiene rules that apply at Charité (including disinfecting hands and ventilation) apply.
- The general obligation to wear an FFP2 mask is eliminated.
- A surgical mask must be worn outside the person’s own patient room in the case of respiratory symptoms.
- Charité can institute a fundamental mask mandate for especially vulnerable patient groups and their care or if there are special circumstances.
- A rapid antigen test, possibly followed by a PCR test, is required for those with respiratory symptoms.
- Generalized testing continues to take place in selected high-risk areas. However, the overall testing obligation has been lifted.
- There are also certain rules for visitors.
Test centers
- At the Campus Charité Mitte (CCM), an external mobile testing station is available at the so-called "Storchenparkplatz" near the entrance to the central emergency rooms (opening hours: Monday to Friday from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Saturday, Sunday, and public holidays from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM).
- On Campus Virchow-Klinikum (CVK), you can use the test center situated at the Seestraße entrance. It is open daily from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM; Saturday and Sunday (including public holidays) from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
Rules for visitors
- The current visitation rules – inpatients are allowed to receive visits from one person for one hour, once daily – will remain in effect for the time being.
- The standard hygiene rules that apply at Charité (including disinfecting hands and ventilation) apply.
- FFP2 masks continue to be required as a general rule.
Charité is one of the largest university hospitals in Europe. All of our clinical care, research and teaching is delivered by physicians and researchers of the highest international standard. Charité proudly lays claim to more than half of all German Nobel Prize winners in Physiology or Medicine, including Emil von Behring, Robert Koch, and Paul Ehrlich. Charité is internationally renowned for its excellence in teaching and training. Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin represents a single medical faculty, which serves both Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and Freie Universität Berlin. Charité extends over four campuses, and has over 100 different Departments and Institutes, which make up a total of 17 different CharitéCenters. Having marked its 300-year anniversary in 2010, Charité is now one of the largest employers in Berlin, employing 17,600 staff (or 20,900 if including its subsidiaries), and with a total annual turnover of €2.3 billion (including external funding and investment grants).
