Thousands of teachers and other school staff in Saxony-Anhalt have been able to carry out rapid corona tests since Thursday. According to the Ministry of Education, the aim is to identify possibly undetected infections during the Christmas holidays and to prevent colleagues from becoming infected.
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Tests trotz Lockdown
The country had already procured and distributed more than 40,000 tests before Christmas. They should be used, although the schools will actually be largely closed from next Monday at the end of the extended Christmas holidays. Education Minister Marco Tullner (CDU) said at MDR SACHSEN-ANHALT that despite everything, colleagues had been gathering again in schools since Thursday. “And so it makes sense to carry out these tests now,” said the minister. The call is made to teachers, educational staff, school social workers, caretakers and secretaries from over 900 state and private schools.
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In the case of a package insert for the drug, we don’t discuss whether it makes sense or not, but simply do it.
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The rapid tests can be performed alone, without the assistance of medical personnel. The Saxony-Anhalt Ministry of Social Affairs created video instructions for this and sent it to the schools. Tullner said in an MDR interview that he thought the self-tests could be carried out.
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