Since August 1st, if you are tested positive for Covid-19, you have to limit your contacts and are not allowed to go to certain places for 10 days instead of a quarantine. Covid-19 is considered a notifiable disease and therefore still requires to be reported to the health authorities.

In case of a positive Covid test, you are not allowed to visiti certain places, such as: hospitals, day care, primary schools,...

For more information, please use your browser translation tool to read the following page in English: https://www.sozialministerium.at/Corona/Coronavirus/Coronavirus---Haeufig-gestellte-Fragen/FAQ-Hygiene-Absonderung.html  

You can get vaccinated in Austria if you have a registered residence. The vaccination does not take place on campus in general. You can sign up for the vaccination here: https://anmeldung.steiermark-impft.at/ 

Important:

• If you do not have an Austrian social security number, your vaccination will not be registered in the Austrian vaccination database and you will not receive an EU vaccination certificate.
• EU/EEA nationals should contact their national health authority how to receive an EU vaccination certificate from their home country.
• Non-EU nationals should find out in their home country how to proceed when being vaccinated in Austria.

Yes, if the vaccine used for the first shot is recognized in the EU. Please note that vaccinations do not take place at the university, but at a public vaccination center or at a medical practice.

To schedule an appointment, please contact:  corona-impfung(at)stmk.gv.at  as soon as possible. Please attach a proof of vaccination, for example a yellow WHO standard vaccination pass, or another official proof of vaccination - based on this information, you will receive the appointment for the second vaccination.

There is currently no test line on campus of Uni Graz but you can take a PCR or Antigen test in pharmacies in the neighborhood.

Free test offer with Austrian social insurance & e-card per month:

• 5 PCR tests at a pharmacy (sign up via the link: https://oesterreich-testet.at/)
• 5 Antigen self-tests

In order to use the free test offer at pharmacies, you must have social insurance in Austria and may have to show your Austrian e-card. If you need more tests, you have to pay per additional test. Please see this website and use a browser translation tool for more information: https://www.sozialministerium.at/Corona/Coronavirus/Coronavirus---Haeufig-gestellte-Fragen/FAQ-Tests-Schutzmasken.html 

NO Austrian social security number / e-card required (at your own expense)

1. At pharmacies offering PCR/Antigen tests
2. For example: https://covid-teststation.at/ 
3. In Graz, you can take a PCR test at the following labs (see the following document "Steiermark" to see labs in Graz: WKO)
4. For example: https://www.medius.at/service/corona-test/

The websites of most Austrian federal ministries are mainly offered in German. We recommend that you download a browser e.g. Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge etc. with an automatic translation function (check the language settings). This will allow you to read German websites in English or other languages. Even if the translation is not perfect, it grants you access to up-to-date information.

• Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection: https://www.sozialministerium.at/Corona/Coronavirus.html
• Ministry of European and International Affairs: https://www.bmeia.gv.at/
• Ministry of the Interior: https://www.bmi.gv.at/
  • Entry & Covid-19 (English version): https://www.bmi.gv.at/bmi_documents/2513.pdf 
• OeAD: https://oead.at/en/to-austria/entry-and-residence/entry-conditions-covid-19/ 

^{Last updated: 09 July 2020, 16:00}

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