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Lauterbach announces the end of free corona tests: three euros will be due from next week

2022-06-25T04:49:38.414Z


Lauterbach announces the end of free corona tests: three euros will be due from next week Created: 06/25/2022, 06:42 By: Andreas Schmid Corona tests will be charged. From June 30, people have to pay three euros for a test. Karl Lauterbach's PK in the news ticker. Three euros per corona test : Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) announces new test rules from 1 p.m. Tests for vulnerable groups


Lauterbach announces the end of free corona tests: three euros will be due from next week

Created: 06/25/2022, 06:42

By: Andreas Schmid

Corona tests will be charged.

From June 30, people have to pay three euros for a test.

Karl Lauterbach's PK in the news ticker.

  • Three euros

    per

    corona test

    : Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) announces new test rules from 1 p.m.

  • Tests for

    vulnerable groups

    remain

    free

    : there are free tests for pregnant women, for example.

  • Survey

    shows

    Test-Pro

    : Majority for free corona tests.

Update from June 24, 1:15 p.m .:

Lauterbach assumes that the three-euro rule will allow fewer people to be tested.

"We expect that the number of citizen tests will be reduced."

The press conference ended shortly thereafter.

Update from June 24, 1:12 p.m

.: Lauterbach goes back to the costs: The new concept now envisages expenditure of 2.7 billion euros by the end of the year – with full takeover, up to five billion euros would have been expected.

Three euros per corona test: Lauterbach explains new test rules

Update from June 24, 1:09 p.m .:

Lauterbach would have liked to continue the free corona tests, says the minister.

"But on average, the tests currently cost the federal government one billion euros a month." You can't afford that at the moment.

Update from June 24, July 13

: Lauterbach gets straight to the point: Corona tests will again be subject to a fee.

"Normally, citizens have to contribute three euros from June 30." Special rules apply to vulnerable groups, including children up to five years of age, women at the beginning of pregnancy and visitors to clinics and nursing homes.

The federal states would have the option of taking over the own contribution of three euros for other groups as well.

Update from June 24, 1:05 p.m

.: The press conference with Karl Lauterbach begins.

Corona: Still free tests?

Lauterbach presents Plan on PK

First report from June 24th

: Berlin – Corona tests are currently free of charge.

Still.

Until the end of June, all people without cause or symptoms are entitled to at least one rapid test per week by trained staff.

The federal and state governments are now discussing how to proceed from July.

The issue is the money.

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The financing of the tests has not yet been decided.

Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) said on Thursday that a package should be presented, which he is still negotiating with Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP).

He was sure that a solution could be presented in the next few days.

That could happen Friday afternoon.

At 1 p.m. Lauterbach wants to speak at a press conference on how the Corona citizen tests will continue.

Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) will present the new corona rules on Wednesday.

© Jens Büttner/dpa/archive image

Survey shows Test-Pro: Majority for free corona tests

A majority of the German population is in favor of continuing to offer the Corona citizen tests free of charge to everyone.

According to a survey by the opinion research institute YouGov, 50 percent of Germans reject the idea that from July 1st only patients with symptoms of illness and selected groups of people, for example in the health sector, will be entitled to free tests.

38 percent support this, the rest made no statement.

On June 23, the institute surveyed 2,886 people in Germany aged 18 and over.

Source: merkur

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