Dear Reader,
In today’s newsletter I’m providing a simple breakdown of the lingo used in German Covid rules. Hopefully this’ll help you the next time a shop clerk barks a phrase like Impfpass at you and you still aren’t sure what it means.
So, on the subject of Impfpass… this is a form of proof that you have been vaccinated. It can either be the paper version (a little yellow booklet) or a digital one. You can store your digital vaccine passport on the Corona-Warn-App or in the more basic Covpass app.
Where do you need to show your Impfpass?
Well, it gets a little complicated here. The rules vary depending on how quickly the coronavirus is spreading through your local area.
But a good rule of thumb is that access to buildings where you have to do essential business does not require you to show any proof of vaccination, testing or recovery.
That means that supermarkets, post offices and banks for instance still have no rules at their doors other than that you must wear a mask and that you ma…
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