Table 1 Pandemic regulations in Germany during the survey period, adapted from Imöhl and Ivanov³⁶.

19th March

+ 2801

Closing of schools and kindergartens

22nd March

+ 1948

Closing of restaurants, stores, museums, meeting of max. 2 persons in public (rules planned for two weeks)

1

30th March

+ 4751

2

3rd April

+ 6174

3

6th April

+ 3677

14 days quarantine obligation after travel return from other countries

4

10th April

+ 5323

RKI announced worldwide spreading of the virus

5

13th April

+ 2,537

Rules for commuters and travelers

15th April

+ 2486

Restricted contact rules and school/kindergarten closings prolonged for three weeks

6

17th April

 + 3380

Decision to gradually lift lockdown rules

7

20th April

+ 1775

Opening of stores and schools for graduating classes, mandatory mask-wearing in single federal states

8

24th April

+ 2337

European credit aids passed

9

27th April

+ 1018

Mandatory mask-wearing in whole Germany

10

1st May

+ 1639

Opening of playgrounds, museums, parks, first human vaccine studies

15th June

+ 192

Return to “normal” public life

11

14th August

+ 1449

14 days quarantine obligation or negative Covid-19 test after travel return from risk areas

12

30th October

+ 18681

Announcement of the second nation-wide lockdown