In view of the small number of proven corona infections, visitors to Bayerns hospitals and nursing homes from Friday (February 10, 2023) only one negative self test submit. This was decided by the cabinet on Tuesday in Munich. According to the Ministry of Health, the self-test does not have to be carried out under supervision, rather a declaration that the test negative has been.
So far, visits to hospitals, nursing homes, rehabilitation facilities and full and part-time inpatient facilities for the care and accommodation of elderly, disabled or people in need of care Test evidence from a test center necessary.
Corona tests at Bavaria’s clinics: visitors must now pay attention to this
“The test obligations are basically stipulated by federal law, but the federal states can provide for exceptions by regulation,” said the Minister of Health Klaus Holetschek (CSU). “With the current infection situation with the high immunity in the population we can now make the tests even easier.”
“It is already the case for vaccinated and recovered employees that an unsupervised self-test carried out no more than 24 hours ago is sufficient. We are now expanding this option to visitors and to unvaccinated and employees who have not recovered“Holetschek continues.
As in other areas of life, people’s personal responsibility is now being increasingly relied upon. “For the employees the frequency of test evidence is also adjusted. In the future this will always suffice two tests per calendar week, i.e. also for unvaccinated and not recovered employees.”
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Since the Coronavirus Testing Regulation of the federal government expires on February 28, 2023, but it is unclear whether this will be extended again, the test capacities of the test centers that still exist have already decreased, it said. It will therefore be more difficult for people to test proof to obtain. “We reacted to this development early on,” said Holetschek.
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