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Mamma mia: Corona test in Bibione becomes a test of patience for the Dachau family

2021-08-09T18:08:33.617Z


Those who have neither recovered nor vaccinated must show a negative test when entering Bavaria since last Sunday. For a Dachau family on vacation in Italy, this meant: stress. And in the end, the hard-won document wasn't even needed.


Those who have neither recovered nor vaccinated must show a negative test when entering Bavaria since last Sunday.

For a Dachau family on vacation in Italy, this meant: stress.

And in the end, the hard-won document wasn't even needed.

Dachau / Bibione

- The only one who had fun in Bibione last Thursday was Stephan Rößler's wife: She was double vaccinated and spent the whole day on the beach.

Her husband and three children (12, 13 and 15 years old), on the other hand, set off at 8 a.m. to take the corona test required for the return trip.

And as it turned out, this is not an easy matter in Italy.

Stephan Rößler has already been vaccinated twice, but the second vaccination had not been 14 days before the time of the return journey.

The 38-year-old and his unvaccinated children therefore needed the test.

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Have to recover from vacation: Melanie and Stephan Rößler

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"Of course, we got some information in advance," emphasizes the Dachau resident.

The only officially stated test station - Bibione Thermae - turned out to be hopelessly fully booked;

In addition, the test with costs of 40 euros per person is not exactly cheap.

There was simply no other test station that his tour operator, the Europa Tourist Group, told him: Although there is actually a "Guardia Medica" at Via Maja 22, Rößler's holiday neighbors from Traunstein found out , "This facility does not do any tests".

Finally, after a further inquiry with the organizer, the Rößlers were sent to the test center on Via Zeppeti in Portogruaro, a little outside of Bibione.

This center actually offered corona tests, even free of charge, but there was a catch here too: the test station "is unfortunately not designed for the number of tourists".

According to Rößler, there “felt like almost 1200 people” were standing in line.

"We were at the test station at 8:20 am and found a queue that had already reached the street and had lengthened by several meters every minute." The staff, emphasizes the man from Dachau, was competent and friendly.

However, the far too few employees spoke neither German nor English.

After a total of almost eight hours of waiting - until 4 p.m.!

- The four Rößlers finally received their test result in the name of "Roblern".

It is therefore questionable, according to Rößler, “whether this would even be recognized in the event of an inspection”.

Looking back, the 38-year-old still admires how calm the crowd has endured the long wait: “We have seen many fathers and mothers who had to hold their children asleep in their arms.

There was no seating, no water and only a toilet. ”The customer review has been automatically translated from German.

In the end, when the family came back to Germany after their one-week trip south, nobody at the border asked them about a corona test.

Rößler still says: "If I had known that it would work like this, I would not have gone away at all."

In addition to having fun, the 38-year-old wishes all holidaymakers to Italy who are still on their journey to be on the safe side. Especially since new rules have been in effect since last Friday: Since then, only people who have been proven to have been tested, vaccinated or recovered have been allowed in indoor areas - i.e. shops or restaurants. How the implementation of this regulation is supposed to work in Italy is a mystery to Roessler in view of his experience: “Where and how should the tourists then take a test under these circumstances?” The five Roesslers are now recovering from their vacation. In the end, the corona test was more of a nerve test for everyone ...

Source: merkur

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