Useful links
Further information and guidance on Long COVID can be found here:
Information about Long COVID
- Information on the BMG portal gesund.bund.de on Long-/Post-COVID
- Information portal of the Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA) on the corona virus
- Information portal of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) on Long COVID
- Post-COVID website of the Bavarian State Ministry of Health and Care (STMGP)
- Post-COVID website of the State Centre for Health Promotion in Rhineland-Palatinate (LZG)
Search for medical practices and hospitals
- Hospital directory of the German Hospital Federation (DKG)
- Doctor search of patient service 116117 of the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KBV)
Dealing with Long COVID on a day-to-day basis
- ‘Long/Post COVID Syndrome’ guideline for affected persons, relatives, loved ones and caregivers
- Information about pacing as a strategy for disease management from the German society for ME/CFS
- Consultation atlas of the supplementary independent participation consultation (EUTB
- Brochure about dealing with Long COVID symptoms of the World Health Organisation (WHO)
Communication with others
- Self-help group finder of Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Selbsthilfe von Menschen mit Behinderung, chronischer Erkrankung und ihren Angehörigen (Federal Association of Self-Help Organisations for people with disabilities and chronic diseases and their relatives) e.V. (BAG Selbsthilfe)
- List of and information about Long COVID self-help groups in Germany from Nationale Kontakt- und Informationsstelle zur Anregung und Unterstützung von Selbsthilfegruppen (NAKOS) (national contact and information centre for promoting and supporting self-help groups)
- Long COVID convention for specialists and affected persons of the doctors’ association for Long COVID
Rehabilitation and return to everyday life
- Information supply regarding rehabilitation services of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS)
- Rehabilitation facility register of the Federal Association for Rehabilitation (BAR)
- Information about Long COVID rehabilitation from Deutsche Rentenversicherung
- Information about operational integration management at einfach-teilhaben.de
- Information about operational integration management from the Federal Association for Rehabilitation (BAR)
Long COVID in studies and the profession
- Consultation search of the German students facility for students
- COVID-19 and Long COVID guidelines for employees from the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
- COVID-19 and Long COVID guidelines for managers from the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Information about ME/CFS
- Final report about the current state of scientific knowledge about myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) of the independent Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG)
- Comprehensive information about the ME/CFS illness from the independent Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG)
- ME/CFS patient guidelines for avoiding Post Exertional Malaise (PEM) from the Open Medicine Foundation