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Corona test certificates for clinic visitors: "Will lead to chaos at the weekend" - Bavaria reacts

2022-07-03T10:34:21.090Z


Corona test certificates for clinic visitors: "Will lead to chaos at the weekend" - Bavaria reacts Created: 07/03/2022, 12:30 p.m By: Katarina Amtmann The new corona test regulation is causing trouble. © Christophe Gateau/dpa +++ dpa picture radio +++ The new Corona Test Ordinance has come into force. Chaos could therefore threaten in hospitals, the BKG spokesman speaks of a "nuisance". Updat


Corona test certificates for clinic visitors: "Will lead to chaos at the weekend" - Bavaria reacts

Created: 07/03/2022, 12:30 p.m

By: Katarina Amtmann

The new corona test regulation is causing trouble.

© Christophe Gateau/dpa +++ dpa picture radio +++

The new Corona Test Ordinance has come into force.

Chaos could therefore threaten in hospitals, the BKG spokesman speaks of a "nuisance".

Update from July 2, 7:39 a.m .:

There should no longer be free corona tests for everyone.

The federal government therefore created a new test regulation this week - and thus caused confusion in nursing homes and hospitals.

Now Bavaria wants to provide clarity.

The Ministry of Health in Munich wants to inform the test centers that visitors to the facilities can continue to receive a free test without a certificate from the clinics or homes.


BKG spokesman warned of corona chaos - Bavaria reacted

Eduard Fuchshuber from the Bavarian Hospital Society (BKG) had previously stated on Friday that chaos in the clinics was to be feared at the weekend when many visitors asked for a certificate at the clinic gate.

Hospitals could not issue such documents on a large scale.

"There is neither personnel nor logistics for it," he said (see first report).


Although the Federal Ministry of Health had stated that visitors to the patients could also prove their eligibility in other ways, it also provided a sample confirmation as a template on the website.

Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach (SPD) explained again on ZDF on Thursday: "If, for example, the grandmother is in the nursing facility, then you need a signed form from the nursing facility."


In future, however, a signed self-declaration by the visitor will be sufficient in Bavaria, a spokesman for the Bavarian Ministry of Health told the German Press Agency on Friday.

The Free State has noticed the confusion surrounding the new obligation to provide evidence for citizen tests and has already communicated to Berlin that "clarification must be made as soon as possible," he said.

Bavaria will now inform the test sites themselves that no confirmation from the home or clinic is necessary.

"Proof of the respective facility or hospital is currently not a mandatory requirement in order to receive a free citizen test as a visitor, resident or patient," emphasized the spokesman.

Corona test certificates for clinic visitors: "Will lead to chaos at the weekend"

First report from July 1st:

Munich – The Bavarian Hospital Society (BKG) fears chaos with visits from patients because of the new corona test regulation.

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New Corona test regulation: "There are neither personnel nor logistics for it"

According to the new requirements, visitors to hospitals and nursing homes can still receive a free citizen test in the test stations, but they must prove their eligibility with a certificate from the respective facility.

However, the hospitals could not issue such documents on a large scale.

"There is neither personnel nor logistics for it," said BKG spokesman Eduard Fuchshuber on Friday (July 1).

"That will lead to chaos at the weekend, I think."

That will lead to chaos at the weekend I think.

BKG spokesman Eduard Fuchshuber

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Corona tests are no longer free for everyone

The new test regulation was announced on Wednesday and came into force on Thursday.

Only certain groups will then get free tests.

Other groups, such as visitors to events in halls or people with a red Corona warning app, can receive tests for an additional payment of three euros.

Proof of eligibility must then be provided, for example by means of the purchased concert ticket.

The operators of the test centers charge the full price of those who are not authorized - depending on the provider, this is between 10 and 15 euros.

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Corona test regulation announced at short notice: "It's a big nuisance"

It was often criticized that the Federal Ministry of Health only announced the new rules in detail in the middle of the week - and then had to implement them within a very short time.

The clinics also complain about this.

"That was imposed on the hospitals overnight," said Fuchshuber.

"It's a big annoyance how that was done." The clinics have other things to do than issue visitor notes.

Fuchshuber believes that it becomes a great challenge when many friends and relatives of patients come to the clinic gates at the weekend and ask for certificates.

(came/dpa)

Source: merkur

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