German Health Minister Jens Spahn insists that coronavirus tests for those returning from risk areas remain free of charge. If you need to pay for tests, there is a high probability that the returning person simply will not do it, – the politician argues.
However, there are voices from several federal states in favor of travelers paying for tests themselves when returning from areas of risk. At least in the medium term. This is the opinion of Malu Dreyer, head of the Rhineland-Palatinate government. She “perfectly understands” the need for free tests, as it requires quick, decisive action. “But I definitely believe that in the fall we will need a new strategy when the next holidays come,” the politician said.
She wants to raise this topic at a conference of prime ministers of the federal states with Chancellor Angela Merkel next week. The Voice of the People is rightly unhappy with the fact that some, despite the risk, are resting in Mallorca and, upon their return, do coronavirus tests at the expense of taxpayers, Dreyer said. She believes that it is necessary to introduce mandatory quarantine for those returning from risk regions and oblige them to pay for tests out of their own pockets a few days after their return. If they do not want to pay for the tests, then they will have to sit in quarantine for 14 days.
The Minister of Health of North Rhine-Westphalia Karl-Josef Laumann (CDU) also believes that in the medium term, those who pay the costs of travel to the risk zone should also pay the costs of testing upon return.
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