Right to a PCR test after a positive rapid test remains

Created: 2022-02-08 14:04

According to Health Minister Lauterbach, the available capacity for the PCR tests is now sufficient for everyone.

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A post-PCR test after a positive quick test is now possible for everyone.

According to the Minister of Health, the capacity for the PCR tests is sufficient.

Berlin – Contrary to previous plans, it should now remain the case that citizens who have had a positive rapid corona test are also entitled to a post-PCR test.

Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) spoke in Berlin of a “change in position”.

According to him, the existing capacity for PCR tests would also be sufficient if a daily number of up to 450,000 new corona infections were reached.

"And I don't think we will achieve that."

You will continue to be able to offer everyone a PCR test as confirmation.

With the incidences that you now have and are still expecting, you can hold out, said Lauterbach.

In a draft for an amendment to the Corona Test Ordinance, which became known a few days ago, it was still planned to initially suspend the entitlement to follow-up testing after a positive self-test or quick test at a test station.

The reason for the change was reports about the shortage of PCR test capacities.

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According to Lauterbach, however, it remains the case that in the future laboratories should primarily examine samples from risk groups, employees in clinics, practices, in nursing and in facilities and services that provide integration assistance for people with disabilities.

Other samples are lagging behind, so the results could possibly take longer.

The Minister of Health is planning to change the test regulation this week.

dpa