Counselling on notifiable infections
To protect the people of Munich from the spread of notifiable infectious diseases, the Department of Health offers comprehensive advice and information.
Course description
The Health Department provides information and advice to Munich residents on the risks of infection, as well as on hygiene and protective measures relating to notifiable infectious diseases.
Under the Infection Protection Act (IfSG), there is a legal obligation to report many diseases and pathogens. It is, for example, medical practices, laboratories and childcare centres that are obliged to report these to the Public Health Department, not the patients themselves.Notifiable diseases include, amongst others, gastrointestinal infections caused by viruses such as noroviruses and rotaviruses, or bacteria such as Salmonella, Campylobacter and EHEC. Further examples of notifiable infectious diseases include influenza, COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and diseases such as measles, meningococcal meningitis, chickenpox and whooping cough.
In this context, the Health Department offers the following services:
- Advice for Munich residents
- Advice for community facilities on notifiable diseases in accordance with Section 34 of the IfSG
- Advice for medical facilities such as doctors’ surgeries and hospitals
- Advice for residential care homes for the elderly and nursing homes on any necessary hygiene measures in the event of illness
Depending on the disease or pathogen, the Department of Health may, upon receipt of a notification, contact those affected to explain the disease and possible routes of transmission, and to provide information on any further necessary measures.
Important note
For the
AIDS/STI and prostitute protection counselling
and for
Initial instruction according to § 43 IfSG
please refer to the separate contact details:
Legal basis
§§ Sections 3, 6, 7, 34 of the Infection Protection Act (IfSG)
Contact Us
Gesundheitsreferat
Gesundheitsschutz
Infektionsschutz
Meldewesen
Landeshauptstadt München
Internet address
Phone number
Postal address
Landeshauptstadt München
Gesundheitsreferat
Gesundheitsschutz
Infektionsschutz
Meldewesen
Bayerstraße 28a
80335 München
Fax: +49 89 233-12747814
Contact address
Bayerstraße 28a
80335 München
telephone availability: Monday to Thursday8 am to 4 pmFriday8 am to 12.30 pmNote for doctors: Urgent cases at the weekend, such as reports of measles, meningococcal meningitis or diphtheria, can be forwarded to the doctors on duty at the public health department via the integrated rescue control centre (telephone: 112).