Latest information - NEW COVID REGULATIONS
Dear CMMC Members
We are pleased to provide you with updated information regarding the University Hospital Cologne's infection control guidelines. The translated information can be found here.
Our major aim is to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) at your work place and to protect yourself and those who are most at risk, and thereby supporting the Unversity Hospital Cologne.
If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Best regards ..... and stay healthy!
Claudia Herr (Claudia.Herr[at]uni-koeln.de) and Debora Grosskopf-Kroiher (debora.grosskopf-kroiher[at]uni-koeln.de)
3 G Rule (Vaccinated - Tested - Recovered)
Please immediatly get in contact with the CMMC-Office (zmmk-office[at]uni-koeln.de), when your are planning a visit of an external visitor or a technician.
If you require service of the CMMC core facilities, please visit the following webpage for further information: https://www.cmmc-uni-koeln.de/core-facilities/overview
Please also visit the webpages of the central facilities from which you need support (e.g. animal facility network, ZKS, ethics committee, scientific core services, MedizinFotoKöln, etc.)
Latest information - NEW COVID REGULATIONS
Dear CMMC Members
We are pleased to provide you with the updated information of the Infection Protection Law (“Infektionsschutzgesetz”):
Our major aim is to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) at your work place and to protect yourself and those who are most at risk, and thereby supporting the Unversity Hospital Cologne.
If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Best regards ..... take care, get your booster vaccination and stay healthy!
Claudia Herr (Claudia.Herr[at]uni-koeln.de) and Debora Grosskopf-Kroiher (debora.grosskopf-kroiher[at]uni-koeln.de)
Latest information
Dear CMMC Members
As the Corona situation has worsened considerably in the last days and infections with Covid-19 have increased sharply, the following procedures are to be applied with immediate effect:
The major aim is to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) at your work place and to protect yourself and those who are most at risk, and thereby supporting the Unversity Hospital Cologne.
If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Best regards ..... take care and stay healthy!
Claudia Herr (Claudia.Herr[at]uni-koeln.de) and Debora Grosskopf-Kroiher (debora.grosskopf-kroiher[at]uni-koeln.de)
Update July 01, 2021
Due to the current improvement of the Corona situation, the Dean's Office of the Faculty of Medicine lifted some restrictions for face-to-face teaching and research on campus as of July 1, 2021.
Currently, we are at Corona incidence level 1 in Cologne and NRW.
Face-to-face classes and exams in enclosed rooms
General
Minimum distance of 1.5 meters between seats not required if:
For written exams in attendance, please contact Mr. Krahwinkel (Head of the Examination Office) early enough to clarify the organizational and personnel requirements.
Please submit an informal application to the Task-Force Teaching (attn: Dr. Stosch) to conduct a face-to-face course or exam, assuring that the above mentioned requirements are met.
Face-to-face doctoral exams
are possible with the mutual agreement of the examination committee members, the exam candidate and the examiner, and subject to the protective and hygienic measures described above. The exam candidates will receive the detailed up-to-date information from the doctoral office.
Research on campus
We thank you for your cooperation.
Best regards
Debora Grosskopf-Kroiher - debora.grosskopf-kroiher[at]uni-koeln.de
Please note:
The following rules for working in the CMMC research building remain unchanged, regardless of your vaccination status:
For further questions about the working conditions in the CMMC Research Building
Due to the current improvement of the Corona situation, the Executive Board of the University Hospital Cologne and the Dean's Office of the Faculty of Medicine lift the general ban on business travel effective June 1, 2021 and would like to point out to all employees that when returning from business trips from abroad (especially from high incidence or virus-variant areas), not only the applicable federal and state regulations, but also the testing and quarantine regulations established by the University Hospital and the Faculty of Medicine by the Executive Board and the Dean's Office must be observed. These regulations can be found on the intranet at FAQ Coronavirus.
Travel / Vacation
Please note that in terms of bans and quarantine regulations after returning from abroad the regulations of the University Hospital are valid for all people working at the CMMC.
For your summer vacation planning, we kindly ask you to check whether it is safe to travel to your chosen destination. It is requested that you do not travel to areas that have already been designated by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) as a risk area, high incidence area or virus variant area at the time of your departure.
According to the new Coronavirus Entry Regulation – Corona Einreise Verordnung (valid since May 12, 2021 until June 30, 2021) the following requirements now apply to UKK employees:
- If you suffer from COVID-19 like symptoms, after returning from vacation, please stay at home and consult your family doctor in order to obtain a sick note. When you are symptom-free you can have a PCR-test taken at the Infection Protection Center at the University Hospital of Cologne. You are only allowed to return to work if your PCR-Test is negative.
In case that no symptoms are detected after returning from vacation, please follow the instructions of the University Hospital, which vary depending on the area visited (risk, high incidence or virus variant area). Please find the exact procedure here: https://medfak.uni-koeln.de/en/corona.
Due to the high number of infections, we ask you to give your team members, if possible, the option to work from home.
This procedure is in accordance with the instructions of Professor Gereon Fink, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine (University of Cologne) and Professor Edgar Schöming, Medical Director of the University Hospital Cologne.
These measures are aimed at reducing the number of people on campus to the lowest possible level - especially when the recommended social distancing is difficult or impossible to maintain.
We thank you for your cooperation.
Best regards
Debora Grosskopf-Kroiher - debora.grosskopf-kroiher[at]uni-koeln.de
During the past months all members and guests have made significant contribution to limiting the consequences of the corona pandemic on the Campus of the Faculty of Medicine and the University Hospital Cologne.
Even though the frightening dynamics of the SARS-CoV-2 new infections could be broken in March, the infection rate has gone up again.
The prevention measures against SARS-CoV-2 previously taken by the University Hospital Cologne and the Faculty of Medicine remain in force and unabridged:
• no gatherings
• use of mouth-nose masks is mandatory
• general hygiene and distance rules
• ban on business trips
• resource-saving handling of disposable materials
Since April 15, 2020 and considering the update from October 23, 2020 the Medical Director of the University Hospital Cologne and the Rector of the University of Cologne forwarded following measures/regulations. These regulations are implemented at the Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne.
For further questions about the working conditions in the CMMC Research Building
The Faculty of Medicine provides an excellent overview referring to the measures, rules and assistance:
Here you will find information provided by the Rectorate of the University of Cologne on current measures taken in regard to the coronavirus ( SARS CoV-2 ).
Speech of the Rector Prof. Axel Freimuth "Bewältigung der Corona-Krise erfordert unseren ganzen Einsatz und Solidarität"