In the large-scale coronavirus mass tests, the question arises of how to deal with possible accidents and the resulting liability issues. Upper Austria and Tyrol, for example, are taking on liability and accident insurance, other countries are still checking.
In Upper Austria, the state will take over liability and accident insurance for all volunteers who want to work in the mass tests from December 11th to 14th, said Governor Thomas Stelzer’s office (ÖVP). The voluntary medical and non-medical staff is insured accordingly through the Austria team.
Some countries have taken precautions
All volunteers in the state are insured during the “Lower Austria tests” campaign. The community federations have concluded a corresponding agreement. The insurance covers, among other things, accidents while performing voluntary assistance. According to the “Tiroler Tageszeitung”, Tyrol took out liability and accident insurance. If something should happen, according to the crisis team, the claim will be handled across the country.
For Styria, Harald Eitner, head of the specialist department for disaster control and national defense, said that it can be assumed that all testers are acting on behalf of the health authorities and that there is corresponding coverage. In Carinthia, offers are currently being obtained for insurance for the volunteers, according to the state press service. This should also go in the direction of accident and liability insurance. Salzburg and Burgenland are still checking.
Data breach when registering
There was a glitch when registering for the tests this week. Despite the initial different presentation, 800 personal data are said to have been passed on to third parties when registering for the CoV mass tests. This was confirmed yesterday by the A1 subsidiary World Direct and Minister of Health Rudolf Anschober (Greens). On Wednesday it was said that it had just been forgotten to delete test data.
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