The mass tests are over and Christmas is just around the corner. In order to be able to spend the holidays with the family without worries, the City of Vienna has several free test stations ready.
VIENNA. If you want to be tested for Covid-19 in Vienna before the holidays to make sure you are healthy, you can do so for free at the following locations in the city.
Test road at the Austria Center Vienna
In the test street at the Austria Center Vienna (1220, Bruno-Kreisky-Platz), everyone who lives or works in Vienna can now be tested free of charge. With or without symptoms – the test road is available to everyone.
Anyone with symptoms or restricted mobility can drive their car through four test roads in the underground car park. You have to register online in advance on the City of Vienna website. There are three pedestrian test roads available for people without symptoms. You can travel there by public transport (U1 – Kaisermühlen station). A Online registration is necessary in advanceto avoid long waiting times for the quick test.
The test is carried out using a rapid antigen test (nasal swab). Then you get a test result within 15 minutes. If the result is negative, you will receive a written confirmation on site and an additional notification by SMS. If the result is positive, you will be isolated and medical staff will also perform a PCR test.
All information about the test road at the Austria Center is available here.
Test road on the Danube Island
The focus of the tests in the test street on the Danube Island near the Floridsdorfer Bridge is on people who have mild symptoms.
You can either drive through the test road or – if you have no symptoms – walk through it. The gurgle test is used for testing. In addition, rapid tests are being used on a trial basis in the test street on the Danube Island, with which one receives a test result within 15 minutes – but only for some of the suspected cases that have only recently had symptoms. The test road is open Monday through Sunday from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. You can register directly on site or in advance fill in the registration form online.
You can find more information about the test road on the Danube Island here.
Test road at the Ernst Happel Stadium
In the test street near the Ernst-Happel-Stadion (1020, Meiereistraße 7), people without symptoms can be tested. These are, for example, those returning from travel without symptoms from non-risk countries according to the current federal Covid entry regulations or people who have returned to Vienna from the federal states.
But also contact persons of those who have tested positive, who have no symptoms and want to be on the safe side, are welcome here. If you are contact person 1 (K1), you have to drive to the test street and should make sure that no test has been requested at home. But even if you are nearby and want to have a test done to be on the safe side, you will definitely not be sent away. You can register online or register on site.
All information about the test road at the Ernst Happel Stadium is available here.
The checkboxes of the City of Vienna
If you have flu-like symptoms such as runny nose, fever, cough or sore throat, you can go to a checkbox. But even if you want to be sure of your Corona status before the holidays, the boxes are ready. The checkboxes are mobile containers with a general medical ordination. There are now 20 of these checkboxes all over Vienna – there should be 30 in the coming weeks. The current checkboxes are here:
- 2nd district: Tandelmarktgasse 7-11
- 3rd district: Landstraßer Hauptstrasse 137
- 5th district: Zeuggasse 3
- 7th district: Schottenfeldgasse opposite 96
- 9th district: Spittelauer Platz 1-2
- 10th district: Ludwig von Höhnelgasse 2
- 10th district: Zohmanngasse 42
- 11th district: Hakelgasse 14-18
- 12th district: Koppreitergasse 8-10
- 12th district: Wundtgasse across from 3-9
- 14th district: Felbigergasse 113-115
- 15th district: Goldschlagstraße 53-55
- 16th district: Mildeplatz opposite 8
- 17th district: Veronikagasse 20-22
- 19th district: Eisenbahnstrasse opposite 17
- 20th district: Universumstraße 22
- 21st district: Hopfengasse opposite 3-5
- 21st district: Sebaldgasse opposite 8
- 22nd district: Erzherzog-Karl-Strasse 227-229
- 23rd district: Mehlführergasse 13-18
Anyone who wants to do a test in a checkbox will be tested for a possible corona disease with antigen rapid tests free of charge before the treatments. If the test is negative, you can be treated by a doctor on site. If the test is positive, the necessary measures are taken immediately.
The checkboxes are open daily from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Registration is required. Appointments are given a maximum of three days in advance. By assigning appointments, waiting times should be avoided. If you do not have internet access, you can also register for a checkbox via the Corona hotline on 1450.
You can also be tested in certain pharmacies and private laboratories. There is an overview of the paid offer here.
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