Our activities in human pharmaceuticals cover a number of chronic diseases. People living with these conditions can be especially at risk in the current COVID-19 situation.

Therefore, patients and carers should pay special attention to the general healthcare and governmental recommendations.

A useful fact sheet about how to protect yourself and others from the Corona Virus can be found here:

https://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com/sites/default/files/Corporate_Profile/COVID-19-factsheet.pdf

In case you should have particular questions related to your condition and treatment, please reach out to your physician.

Additionally, we have collected some links with recommendations of scientific or patient associations that might be helpful for patients and carers:

• WHO recommendations for patients https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public
• Diabetes https://diabetesvoice.org/en/news/covid-19-and-diabetes/ 
• Cardiovascular Diseases https://www.heart.org/en/about-us/coronavirus-covid-19-resources
• Mental Disorders https://www.nami.org/getattachment/About-NAMI/NAMI-News/2020/NAMI-Updates-on-the-Coronavirus/COVID-19-Updated-Guide-1.pdf
• Respiratory Conditions https://www.europeanlung.org/en/news-and-events/news/covid-19-%E2%80%93-your-questions-answered-by-a-respiratory-expert
• Fibrotic Lung Conditions
• https://www.eu-ipff.org/how-to-protect-yourself-from-covid-19​
• https://www.pulmonaryfibrosis.org/medical-community/covid-19-resources
• COPD https://www.efanet.org/care/covid-19
• Rheumatic Musculoskeletal Diseases https://www.eular.org/eular_guidance_for_patients_covid19_outbreak.cfm 
• Chronic Kidney Disease https://www.era-edta.org/en/covid-19-news-and-information/
• Scleroderma 
• https://www.sruk.co.uk/about-us/news/novel-coronavirus-covid-19-advice-our-community/​
• www.scleroderma.org/covid19_msab