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"Door opener to overcome Corona": Aiwanger presents new rapid tests - and gives hope for vacation

2021-02-17T08:25:42.223Z


It should be as quick as a quick test and as reliable as a PCR test: The new miracle weapon against the spread of the corona virus was developed and manufactured in Bavaria.


It should be as quick as a quick test and as reliable as a PCR test: The new miracle weapon against the spread of the corona virus was developed and manufactured in Bavaria.

Munich - 45,000 travelers have had themselves tested for Corona at Munich Airport since October last year before the start.

To do this, they had to be in Terminal 2 four hours beforehand.

It could be just an hour soon.

A new test that aims to combine speed and reliability has been tried out here for over a week.

After several hundred rehearsals, one thing is certain: it works.

In no case, according to airport laboratory manager Dr.

Hanns-Georg Klein, the rapid test gave a different result than the PCR throat swab.

The new rapid PCR test "GNA-Octea" was commissioned by Economics Minister Hubert Aiwanger (FW) from GNA Biosolutions in Martinsried in April 2020, and devices and test kits are also manufactured in Bavaria.

The Institute for Physics at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich is involved.

GNA founder Federico Bürsgens already has the approval for Germany, now he is aiming for the European one.

"We have a lot of inquiries from abroad too."

Munich Airport: New rapid test to breathe life into ailing industries

The pilot study is not only running at the airport, but also at the Kitzinger Land clinic and the Landshut slaughterhouse.

The choice is not a coincidence: In the future, this procedure will be used wherever many people need to be quickly examined for Covid-19.

Aiwanger met Health Minister Klaus Holetschek (CSU) about the study at Munich Airport on Monday.

For the Minister of Economic Affairs, the new procedure is “the door opener to overcome Corona.

Together with the vaccination progress, the PCR rapid test could ensure that we can start up hotels, tourism and culture again. ”The results so far made him“ very confident ”.

Both offer real "opening perspectives".

The Free State will "enable large-scale test capacities".

Then it should even be possible for large family celebrations to take place if everyone can be tested.

The procedure plays an important role in aviation because it enables a larger number of travelers to be processed more quickly.

The Free State has secured 1,000 test devices and a million individual tests.

Munich Airport: New Corona rapid test as hope for holidays and family celebrations

Holetschek can imagine the procedure for an infection-proof school operation.

“Basically, we are well positioned with our test strategy.

Since the beginning of the corona pandemic, around 13.4 million PCR tests have already been carried out and around ten million of the 16 million rapid antigen tests ordered so far have been distributed. ”In addition, innovative test methods such as gargle and lollipop tests are increasingly being used.

And this is how the pilot study works: The passengers' swipes are split up and can be evaluated in parallel.

The advantage of the Bavarian invention: “You don't need a laboratory, you can do it right in the test center,” explains Bürsgens.

In the future, this will also be possible at train stations, motorways, in homes, companies and clinics.

It has not yet been determined what the individual PCR rapid test will cost.

A few days ago Markus Söder announced corona easing for Bavaria.

A survey now reveals: The Prime Minister is currently in a survey low.

Source: merkur

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