Hello All,

I read lots of information on quarantine and tests for incoming passengers, but somehow I did not get any wiser. Can anyone help?

A relative living in Russia needs to come to Germany for an essential reason (medical treatment). From what I understand, there are two ways for him to avoid the German quarantine:

1) Get himself tested in Russia before departure and bring a negative test result.

What kind of document does he need to bring - the test result, or a doctor's certificate about him not having COVID based on that test? And if a doctor's certificate is needed, who should issue it - a doctor in his country of origin, or a doctor in Germany?

Does a foreign test result need to be translated into German, and does this translation have to be notarized in some way?

If he comes with a negative test result as required, can he immediately enjoy freedom, or does he have to submit the test result/certificate to the Gesundheitsamt and wait for them to give him an OK to leave quarantine?

2) Get himself tested after arrival in Germany

Official websites (e. g. in Hesse) say it's possible to have himself tested at the airport. How does this work in practice?

On arrival, he is supposed to go directly to his quarantine location - is he even allowed to visit the test center at the airport? Test results take 12 hours to develop, I suppose he has to stay quarantined during this time. Is he even allowed to go from the quarantine location back to airport to pick up his negative test result?

Thanks!