Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Information and support for the Berlin economy

• SARS-CoV-2 Containment Measures Ordinance

• Further sources of information and contacts for companies

The global spread of the coronavirus poses enormous challenges for the economy and society. The absolute priority is to protect people and save lives.

Berlin’s entrepreneurs have already been severely affected by the economic impact of the coronavirus. The State of Berlin is doing everything it can to support them in this difficult time, to ensure liquidity and to protect jobs.

The support is adresses all sectors: small, medium and large companies, including non-profit legal forms, as long as they are economically active, furthermore tourism, the hotel industry, consumer-oriented services (e.g. clubs and restaurants), retail trade and the self-employed.

On this page we have compiled important information and links for affected companies. Please contact the offices listed, which can provide competent and up-to-date information on the respective specific issues and, if necessary, also provide legal advice.

Please note that at this page we only provide information on measures that have already been decided. Further possibilities for support will be published here step by step.

SARS-CoV-2 Containment Measures Ordinance

The Senate Administration for Health has, in consultation with the Senate Chancellery, the Senate Administration for the Interior and the Senate Administration for Economics, prepared an interpretation guide for the SARS-CoV-2 Containment Measures Ordinance. We update the information on a regular basis in German.

In this mailbox, the Senate Department of Economics collects questions on the interpretation and application of the SARS-CoV-2 Containment Measures Ordinance.

Your request will be taken into account when adapting the interpretation guide.

No individual answers will be given to individual enquiries addressed to this mailbox. Your inquiry will not be forwarded either.

For inquiries regarding your individual case, please contact your local regulatory authority (Ordnungsamt):

Further sources of information and contacts for companies

• Securing liquidity in the event of acute financing needs (Support Program Liquidity Assistance)
  Investment Bank Berlin (ibb)
  Hotline: [phone]

• Consulting and support for all Berlin companies
  Berlin Partner for Business and Technology GmbH
  Hotline: [phone]

• Information and advice especially for companies in the tourism industry
  visitBerlin
  Hotline: [phone] (Mon – Fri from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.)

• Compensation in accordance with the Infection Protection Act in the event of bans on activity and quarantine
  Senate Department of Finance
  E-mail

• Berlin Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK)
  Hotline: [phone]
  (Mon – Thu from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Fr from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.)

• Berlin Chamber of Crafts
  Hotline (business consulting): (030) 25903-467

• German Hotel and Restaurant Association Berlin e.V. (DEHOGA Berlin)
  Berlin-Brandenburg Trade Association

• Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy
  Hotline: [phone] (Mon – Fri from 9 to 17)

• Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (Credit Institute for Reconstruction) (KfW)