More than 340,000 people were tested in South Tyrol, almost one percent positive «kleinezeitung.at



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More than 60 percent of the total population of South Tyrol could be surveyed. The tests will continue until Wednesday in doctors and pharmacies. Many test results could not be delivered due to lack of data and technical problems.

21:32, 22 November 2020

Great popularity for mass testing in South Tyrol © AP / Antonio Calanni

After corona test centers in South Tyrol municipalities closed on Sunday evening, South Tyrol water companies were able to draw a preliminary balance. 343,227 people so far they have participated in the “South Tyrol Trials” campaign. 3,185 test results were positive, which corresponds to 0.9 percent. In general, it was 61.9 percent of the total population of South Tyrol examine. Some 350,000 people were asked to participate in the massive tests.

In the evening, the medical services again reported problems with the delivery of the results.. It’s in “incorrect or incomplete” citizen data traced. Therefore, those affected should contact their municipality by phone or email and add or correct the data. Anyone taking a test is informed of the test result by email with an encrypted PDF. The PDF can be opened with an access code sent by SMS.

Also, there is a Sunday afternoon. Server overloaded dice. The problem could be resolved after two hours, he said. The “South Tyrol Trials” campaign will continue next week. Until Wednesday there is the possibility of getting tested for the virus at participating doctors and pharmacies.

Governor Arno Kompatscher was pleased with the popularity at a press conference on Sunday: “Our optimistic expectations were exceeded”. Control over the infection process can now be regained, because South Tyrol “could no longer keep up with normal contact tracing.”

“You will still have infected people”

In fact, the number of those who tested positive was suspected to be higher. Those who have now been “caught” were in the vast majority of cases asymptomatic. These would have remained undetected without the test campaign. Kompatscher admitted, however, that a certain percentage of the population could not be reached and warned: “We will continue to have infected people.” He appealed once more to the population continue to adhere to the Corona measures, which are also very strict in South Tyrol, especially since the South Tyrolese had “put so much effort together.”

The massive tests also attracted the interest of Austrian politicians. A representative of the Austrian Crown Crisis Team Operations Directorate was dispatched to South Tyrol. “It shows that we can learn a lot from the experiences of South Tyrol, especially that continuous digitization, its continued functionality despite extreme stress, and proper communication are crucial,” he reported. Minister of Health Rudolf Anschober (Greens) in a broadcast.

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