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Linz is reacting to the sharp rush through state-provided test roads at vocational school 8, which already reached its capacity limit on Sunday morning. There will now be six additional test lanes in the Design Center, with which around 2000 people can be tested every day.
Testing begins Monday at 9 am The Red Cross and the Samaritan Association will conduct the investigations. The test material for Linz is provided by Land O. People who wish to visit relatives in the Senior Centers can also take the test at the test site in the Design Center. The location of the test at vocational school will be maintained 8.
“The city of Linz reacts quickly and without bureaucracy to the great demand, since it is necessary to take into account the great willingness to test thousands of responsible people and provide an additional offer in Linz,” the mayor is quoted in the broadcast. Klaus Luger.
Rapid antigen testing in the design center, opening hours:
- December 21: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
- December 22: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
- December 23: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
- December 24: 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
- December 25: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
- December 26: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Registration is possible from Sunday at 3 pm on the website of the city of Linz: www.linz.at/massentest
Capacities are also being increased throughout the country. Additional test locations will be created at Wels and Steyr (see below) in the coming days, and capacities will be expanded at the previous four locations in Vcklabruck, Bad Leonfelden, Ried im Innkreis and Schlierbach.
Additional trial option at Steyr
The city of Steyr will open a crown test street in the Kaserngasse town hall from December 22 to 25. Rapid tests are carried out by a Red Cross team.
The test lane in Steyr is open at the following times:
- Tuesday, December 22, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Wednesday, December 23, from 9 am to 5 pm
- December 24 and 25 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The magistrate will establish a hotline starting Monday at 12 noon: you can register for a free antigen test by calling 0800/500178. Participation is also possible without an appointment.
Catfish: tests for visits to nursing homes
For Wels, what Mayor Andreas Rabl (FP) had announced on Saturday in the ON: It has arranged that in Wels, in cooperation with the Red Cross, people who want to visit relatives in a home have their own testing center, Rabl said. At least between December 22 and 25, the Welsers can get tested for the virus for free at a drive-in test station after making an appointment over the phone at a retirement home. The tests are carried out at the self-service station at the Asfinag site in Wels
The crisis team will clarify on Monday whether this testing capacity can be expanded. “Landtress Haberlander has promised me that a test contingent will be available. But it does not fail because of the tests, but mainly because of the personnel. I can well imagine that we will expand the tests, but we need the approval of the Red Cross, ”said the mayor of Wels.
