"Citizen tests" no longer free for everyone from Thursday
Created: 06/29/2022, 20:40
A nasal swab is taken from a young person for a corona test.
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As announced, the state of North Rhine-Westphalia is restricting the range of free “citizen tests” from Thursday (June 30).
The corresponding regulation was published on Wednesday evening.
Children under the age of five, pregnant women, visitors to hospitals, household members of infected people and people who want to test themselves are therefore still entitled to a free test.
Dusseldorf – The state published the new regulation a few hours before it came into force because it had been waiting for the federal ordinance.
NRW Minister of Health Karl-Josef Laumann (CDU) criticized on Wednesday evening that the specifications in Berlin had been decided "at the last minute".
dpa