Rule 1: Check the national media and institutes for getting up to date news. When you need concrete help contact those institutions that cover your location (i.e. your GP / local doctor, the local Gesundheitsamt)
More Internet resources
News from the Robert Koch Institut (RKI)
General recommended safety measures from the German government
RKI’s Coronavirus information page
The Gesundheitsamt Frankfurt (our local public health authority)
News from the Gesundheitsamt
Homepages: Gesundheitsamt (Frankfurt) & RKI
Homepage of the Gesundheitsamt in Frankfurt
The contact page of the Gesundheitsamt
Homepage of Robert Koch Institut
In German
In English
German Media (National Coverage)
Germany has loads of newspapers, radio stations and quality newssites. For well grounded and edited news turn to:
Deutschlandfunk
The news page of Germany’s public radio
The Coronavirus Page of Germany’s public radio
You can find weighted and well-researched journalism on this website
FAZ – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The website run by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
German Media (Local coverage around Frankfurt)
FAZ – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
News from the Rhein-Main Region from the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Offenbach Post-Online
News from the regions around Frankfurt
Background information to the German health authority system
Here some links for further information regarding the German health system with respect to the management of public health issues:
Gesundheitsamtsystem
General Introducton the Public Health System in Germany and its functions in Wikipedia
Gesundheitsamt
General Introduction to the Gesundheitsamt (Public Health Authority)) and its functions in Wikipedia
Robert Koch Institut
The Robert Koch Institut in Wikipedia
About the status of ‘Heilpraktiker’ in the German health system
The Heilpratkiter explained in Wikipedia
The voluntary representative organisation of Acupuncture practitioners (Doctors and Heilpraktiker)
AGTCM in German
