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Vienna allocates an additional 1000 appointments for rapid tests per day until December 26 and sets a date for the next mass tests. In Upper Austria, around every 100 people tested positive for rapid tests.
Due to the large number of visitors, the Vienna city government has announced more trial options for the next few days. There will be more meeting spaces before Christmas on the test lane of the Austria Center in Vienna. A spokesman for Health Councilor Peter Hacker (SPÖ) announced on Tuesday. An additional 1000 appointments per day will be possible until December 26. The time has also been set for the next massive tests.
The capacity expansion was made possible by the construction of additional pedestrian lanes and the provision of additional personnel. The goal is to give people the opportunity to test who want to visit relatives in nursing homes during the holidays.
In addition, Vienna has made a pact with the federal government for the second round of massive tests to take place from January 8 to 17. What this means for the “freest possible” is still unclear, the Austrian Press Agency was emphasized. The corresponding regulation is still awaiting.
Vienna: positive rate of 0.2 percent
Almost all Viennese who complete the test procedure in the very busy rapid test streets leave them with good news, that is, a negative result. Positive rates at the Austria Center are around 0.2 percent and only slightly higher at the stadium.
On the test lane of the Austria Center, according to the
Health Minister Peter Hacker (SPÖ) yesterday, Monday 9226
Antigen tests performed. Of these, only 20 were positive. In the stadium
840 of the visitors completed such a quick test. There
only two infections were discovered. It can be assumed that
the positive rate is even lower, as noted. Because the
Results of subsequent PCR tests, in which
false positive rapid tests are discovered again and again – lying
not here yet. Of course, this also applies to the figures for the other federal states.
Upper Austria with a significantly higher positive rate
With free rapid antigen tests on Mondays and Tuesdays Upperösterreich In contrast to the other federal states, there was a significantly higher positive rate of 1.01 percent. A total of 6294 people were evaluated. 64 of these were positive, 6137 negative and 93 had the result “not determinable”. The country announced it in a press release. In mass testing on Dec. 11-14, the positive rate was 0.38 percent with 1306 infections detected.
The range of current rapid antigen tests has been increased at twelve new locations in Upper Austria due to the high level of interest. You can register for these additional test locations at https://oesterreich-testet.at/. For existing ones at https://ooe.testet.at and at www.linz.at/massentest for the Design Center in Linz. The state asked everyone who wanted to get tested for free to make an appointment in advance with the online portals. On-site testing without prior registration is only for those who do not have access to the Internet or who had technical problems registering. Due to the persistently high number of people who go to testing venues without registering, it cannot be guaranteed over the next few days that everyone who shows up without registering will be able to be screened.
Lower Austria: positive rate of 0.3%
As part of the free tests for the corona virus in Lower Austria, which have been conducted since Monday morning, 30,642 people have so far been tested. As of Tuesday, 5:00 p.m., 93 positive results were recorded according to the Notruf Niederösterreich board, corresponding to a rate of 0.30 percent. The tests were carried out in the five localities of the state until 8 pm
The number of smears taken stalked the number of swabs on Tuesday afternoon. A total of 35,735 registrations were registered online.
In the current round, the proportion of positive results was slightly higher than in the comprehensive tests in Lower Austria in mid-December. On the test weekend at the time, the rate with 546,756 participants was 0.14 percent.
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