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According to Minister of the Interior Annelies Verlinden (CD&V), it will be possible to carry out mass self-tests in April in the fight against the corona pandemic.
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Prime Minister Alexander De Croo announced the widespread use of rapid tests in companies last week. They become already used in critical sectors, but the government wants that to expand to other companies where working from home is not always possible. The tests should help to combat contamination clusters.
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Since November last year, a legislative initiative has been taken so that not only doctors and nurses, but also people with sufficient medical qualifications – think of medical or nursing students with sufficient training or volunteers from the Red Cross – who can conduct rapid tests, according to Minister Verlinden. in the 7 pm news on one.
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The next step would then be to make such rapid tests available as self-tests. According to Verlinden, Minister of Health Frank Vandenbroucke is working on a legislative initiative there. ‘In April it will be possible to carry out self-tests en masse,’ says Verlinden.
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The minister warns that self-tests should not be a substitute for the vaccine – a warning that experts have already issued repeatedly. “They are part of a strategy to combat the pandemic.”
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