Dear Colleagues,

In order to ensure safety for all IAPG CAS employees and to ensure the trouble-free operation of our institute the Director of IAPG CAS publishes this instruction:

Every employee of IAPG CAS, including external collaborators or visitors, is obliged to:

• wear properly fitted face mask/respirator in all indoor areas of IAPG CAS, including canteen. An exception is offices that are not shared by more than one person.
• perform proper hand disinfection when entering the institute.
• in case of symptoms of the viral disease (fever, runny nose, cough, headache, joint pain, respiration problems, or other manifestations of the viral disease), stay at home and inform the Head of your department, with whom you will agree on the next steps.
• if a person in your area (with whom you have been in direct contact) has developed COVID-19, stay at home, inform the Head of your department and agree on the next step. Also, inform all your co-workers in IAPG with whom you were in contact at the same time. These colleagues then inform their Head of the Department and agree with them on the next step, resp. stay at home for the incubation period at the home office.