Information about Coronavirus
News
Our University’s crisis management team will provide regular updates here.
“We Will Get Through This Together”
In an open letter, today Professor Beate Schücking, Rector of Leipzig University, addresses students at the start of the lecture period.
The New Semester Will Still Begin on 6 April 2020!
Today there have been conflicting reports in the media about when exactly the new semester will start at universities. At Saxony’s universities,...
Starting the Semester Digitally
Teaching staff are currently facing the challenge of starting the coming semester using distance learning. They will need to think about how to...
Information From the University Computing Centre
On its website, the University Computing Centre (URZ) provides information in German on the services available to teachers and students for the...
Information for Staff and Students
We take the health of our students, staff and guests very seriously. Please find current information and advice below. Members of the crisis management team set up under the University’s pandemic plan are liaising on a daily basis.
Further Information
Interview With Crisis Helper Maria Bischof
Maria Bischof is a tenth-semester medical student at Leipzig University. She recently began working as a crisis helper at Leipzig University Hospital, testing people for SARS-CoV-2.
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Background and Development of the Spread of Coronavirus
In the lecture below, Professor Uwe G. Liebert, Director of the Department of Virology at Leipzig University Hospital, explains what is currently known about the SARS-CoV-2 virus and how it compares to other coronavirus strains in terms of transmission, epidemiology and pathogenesis.
