• A mask must always be worn in the publicly accessible rooms. The exception that the mask may be taken off while seated, provided the minimum distance is observed, is thus removed.
   
•  Lecturers must, whenever possible, teach with a mask and use microphones.
   
• The mask may only be removed in the cafeterias, refectories and public areas of the University of Basel if food and drinks are consumed sitting down.

• All superiors are requested to implement home office whenever possible, starting immediately! The superiors have the task of working out solutions together with the employees and implementing them promptly.
   
• In the case of positions that are essential for maintaining operations, superiors are requested to discuss this specific situation with employees.
   
• In work rooms (laboratories, offices, warehouses, meeting rooms, libraries, learning rooms), a general mask obligation applies for two or more persons. The distance rule of 1.5 meters must still be observed even when wearing a mask.
   
• Experimental research is not restricted and should be continued within the framework of current protection concepts.
   
• Physical sessions are now only permitted with masks. This also applies when only two people meet.
   
• Apéros on the premises of the University of Basel remain prohibited.
   
• We recommend conducting job interviews and meetings online.
   

• Members of the University of Basel who receive a positive test result or who have been requested by the authorities to be quarantined should immediately report this to the Corona Task Force using this online form.
       
• Students will then contact their lecturers and discuss with them how to follow up the lessons. Employees must inform their superiors immediately.

• Employees are obliged to comply with the hygiene and conduct regulations of the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (BAG). This applies in particular to commuting to work: journeys by public transport during rush hours should still be avoided wherever possible.
   
• Persons who, according to the FOPH, are among the particularly endangered persons must contact their superiors. The measures to be taken by the superior person depend on the specific circumstances of the individual case.

• The FOPH's specifications are always decisive with regard to hygiene and distance regulations. The supervisors are responsible for the concrete implementation. The respective protection concept is based on the specific circumstances. The local and individual circumstances are decisive in this respect. If, for example, the FOPH's hygiene and clearance requirements cannot be complied with, alternative measures must be defined, such as the possibility of a home office, the wearing of masks, the separation of teams, etc. Marco Pagoni is available to the supervisors in an advisory capacity for the definition of the protection concept.

• Employees who show symptoms of illness must inform their superiors immediately.
   

The University Management recommends its relatives to avoid work-related travel as far as possible and to receive guests at the University of Basel only in important cases. Participation in larger conferences and meetings is strongly discouraged. Furthermore, the recommendations of the federal government on cross-border travel must be followed.
 

Switzerland has adapted the entry regulations to the current epidemiological situation. There is a quarantine obligation for travellers from certain countries and areas. The list of these states/territories is updated on an ongoing basis. A negative test result does not lift the quarantine.

Persons returning to Switzerland from a risk area must be quarantined for 10 days. You can find more information on the website of the FOPH Quarantine obligation for persons entering Switzerland.

Quarantine order by authorities
Quarantine is understood to be medical isolation by order of the authorities.

Persons with suspected COVID-19 or persons who are or have been in contact with a person who has tested positive, but also persons who have contracted the virus, can be quarantined on the order of a doctor. Those affected must stay at home and avoid contact with others.

Employees who have taken a vacation in a country which, after their departure, has been included on the FOPH's list of countries and regions with an increased risk of infection and who therefore had to maintain a ten-day quarantine on their return, are entitled to continued payment of their salary, since it was not known at the time of departure that a quarantine would have to be maintained on their return from the vacation to Switzerland.

In such a case, employees are requested to clarify with their superiors whether they can provide home office services. If possible, they are obliged to work from home.

If employees fall ill themselves, the employer is generally obliged to continue to pay their wages if they fall ill through no fault of their own.
 

The university strongly recommends its employees and all other university members to install the application "SwissCovid" on their cell phones.
 

BAG Corona Check