The corona self-test "Anhui Deepblue Medical Technology" is no longer used at schools in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
As a spokesman for the Ministry of Education announced in Schwerin on Friday, the remaining 900,000 tests of this brand will be replaced by products from other manufacturers after a test solution was found to be contaminated.
Schwerin - The sales company based in Germany had promised a replacement - free of charge for the country.
The first 140,000 new test kits would be sent out on Friday and should be in schools for the tests scheduled for Monday.
In the event of delivery delays, the tests could also be carried out on Tuesday, it said.
In addition, 48,000 test kits would be provided from the state reserve.
At the schools in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, students and teachers have to be tested twice a week, usually on Mondays and Wednesdays.
Around 150,000 tests are required per test day.
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A man from Garbsen near Hanover who was overwhelmed by the police died in a clinic on the same day.
According to the authorities, special police forces used a so-called taser during the early Friday morning operation.
Tasers are stun guns that cause temporary paralysis in the nervous system.
Arrow electrodes fly out of the devices into the attacker's body.
39-year-old dies after police use a taser
39-year-old dies after police use a taser
In Hanover, the police used a stun gun against a man.
But this is not only briefly overwhelmed, but dies in a clinic.
39-year-old dies after police use a taser
Rapid tests from Monday in Hessens are usually chargeable
From the beginning of next week, corona rapid tests will only be free for a small group of people in Hessen.
The ordinance of the Federal Ministry of Health, which will apply from Monday (October 11), expressly only applies to citizens who do not show any symptoms of a Sars-CoV-2 infection.
If there are any signs of Covid disease, a test is part of the medical care, said the Hessian Ministry of Social Affairs on Tuesday in Wiesbaden.
Rapid tests from Monday in Hessens are usually chargeable
The State Office for Health and Social Affairs (Lagus) in Rostock had examined several random samples of different batches of the preparation in question for impurities from a private laboratory.
The results of the laboratory tests in the Lagus should be informed on Friday.
dpa
