Press release - Since a few days laboratories now have the possibility to report pathogen detection of SARS-CoV-2 electronically to the responsible health authorities. The electronic notification means that the information on SARS-CoV-2 infections is faster and more completely available to the public health authorities and that infection control measures can be initiated promptly to prevent further infections. Fraunhofer FOKUS, in coordination with the German Federal Ministry of Health (BMG), is supporting the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in implementing the project.

The ERIC Innovation Fund project, in which Fraunhofer FOKUS is involved as a project partner, successfully concludes patient recruitment this March under a selective agreement with BARMER. The telemedical platform set up for ERIC is currently being expanded for the COVID 19 location center in Berlin.

Rehabilitation and aftercare programs that patients follow after an injury or operation are often tedious and time-consuming. In order to ensure the long-term success of therapy even after hospitalization, the MeineReha® team has developed a complete system for telemedically assisted rehabilitation and prevention across all areas of life, which was awarded the prize of the “Gründerwettbewerb - Digitale Innovationen” at IFA.

At the music festival “Rock am Ring” to be held from the 3rd to the 5th of June this year in Mendig, around 90,000 guests are expected. Commencing this year, in order to be better protected in the event of storms or other disturbances to security a special application of the alerting system KATWARN is at your disposal free of cost.