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SPÖ defense spokesman Robert Laimer was outraged by the high acquisition costs of the tests in this country compared to Slovakia. FPÖ health spokesman Gerhard Kaniak described it as a “crazy political health idea” Vienna. Kaniak criticized the error rate which he believed was too high and that too many resources were pinned down or too high costs incurred. Bulk testing is “extremely inefficient” and would slow down or even prevent “really necessary testing” because capabilities would crash.
Laimer was particularly concerned about acquisition costs: “While the WHO, the US, and also the small country Slovakia bought a test for around 4 euros, the armed forces paid just under 7 euros per test.” Extrapolated to the total of 10 million tests purchased, this would be an additional cost of almost 30 million euros. To do this, Austrian taxpayers would have to “pay”.
The spokesman for the Red Defense jointly holds Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) responsible. Because this was “advanced” with a measure without making the necessary preparations. Without the media announcement, the pressure to act would not have been as great and the market and normal prices could have been seen better, says Laimer.
Start of testing in Vienna postponed two days
Antigen mass testing scheduled for Wednesday in Vienna will be postponed for two days. As a spokesperson for Health Councilor Peter Hacker (SPÖ) confirmed to the APA on Saturday, testing should begin on Friday, December 4 in Vienna. The IT system provided by the federal government should be the culprit. Obviously, this could not be put into operation in advance, he said from the Health Council office. More details will be released at a press conference on Sunday.
