PTB and the coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2

The measures we have taken include cancelling almost all PTB events in the near future (initially until the end of April/middle of May) and stopping our researchers from attending conferences and workshops (if these had not been cancelled anyway). No business trips are taking place at all, not even between our sites in Berlin and Braunschweig. All members of staff who can work at home are being asked to do so.

Our detailed catalog of measures goes very far and is naturally limiting our usual work routines to a noticeable extent. In individual cases, this is also having effects on our services such as calibrations, testing, conformity assessments and on-site audits by the conformity assessment body, meaning that not all the deadlines we have agreed can be kept. We therefore ask our customers to be understanding in this situation.

PTB hopes that it can play its part in successfully fighting the coronavirus by making it as difficult as possible for the virus to spread.

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Contact:

Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
Corona Crisis Unit
E-mail: corona-krisenstab(at)ptb.de