A 20-year-old from Hamburg volunteered to be tested in Bavaria on the return trip. The result does not come until nine days later - meanwhile he walks unsuspecting through the city.
- A 20-year-old voluntarily gets tested for Corona * after vacationing in Croatia .
- After the test in Bavaria, he goes to Hamburg to see his mother.
- There he walks through the city for days without knowing the positive test result .
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Hamburg - In Bavaria , a huge breakdown at the corona test stations is currently causing a stir. A total of 44,000 test results have not yet been transmitted, around 900 of which are positive. However, delays seem to have occurred before that. A 20-year-old trainee from Hamburg apparently tested positive for the virus in Bavaria , but ran unsuspecting through Hamburg for days.
The Hamburger had himself tested for the corona virus with three friends on his return from his vacation in Croatia at a rest stop near Traunstein , as reported by the Hamburger Abendblatt (article behind the payment barrier). Croatia is not considered a risk area , which is why the test the four friends took on August 2nd was voluntary.
Return from Croatia: Voluntary corona test ends in chaos
At that time, they were informed that they would be informed of the result of the Corona * test in two to five days . In addition, the group had been informed that if the result was positive they would also be contacted by telephone .
According to the newspaper, the 20-year-old then returned to Hamburg and went to quarantine for four days in the Poppenbüttel district , where his mother also lives . After he had not received any results by then and had not observed any symptoms , he apparently ended the isolation. In the following days he went to a restaurant with friends and was also a guest at a small, private party .
Positive corona test: No information about the results for nine days
It was only nine days after the test in Bavaria that the young man surprisingly received two letters on August 11th - one from Bavaria and one from his home district of Wandsbek near Hamburg. The first was dated August 8th and informed him that the Bavarian test result was positive . With the second letter from his home community, the 20-year-old was asked to keep a quarantine of at least ten days . In addition, no phone number was given to contact him.
Markus Söder (CSU) feels the test chaos in Bavaria is "very, very annoying".
Errors in corona test centers: that is very, very annoying. This must be fixed immediately and must not happen again. All structures are to be checked immediately. Unfortunately, I have to cancel my visit to the North Sea. Bavaria goes first.
- Markus Söder (@Markus_Soeder) August 12, 2020Despite the positive result: No information over the phone
The Hamburger Abendblatt said the returning travelers but that he his number in Bavaria have entered clearly into contact. The health department had he can achieve only a day later by telephone also due to the long waiting times. There he then reported all the people with whom he had contact as a corona infected person * and their data. But the consequences of the delay , similar to the other 900 tests in Bavaria , can now probably no longer be made good. (mam) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network