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Saturday, March 6, 2021
“Sold at Aldi and Co.”
Schwesig criticized the discount tests
The rush for new self-tests at Aldi and Lidl is enormous. The Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania breaks her neck. She talks about “garbage” and blames the federal government for the fact that kindergartens and schools have to wait for tests to take place.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig blamed the federal government for the lack of crown self-tests and harshly criticized it. “At this point I don’t want to hide the fact that I am very angry that the federal government allows Aldi and Co. to sell the self-tests and we did not receive the self-tests until mid-March,” the SPD said. politician in Schwerin. Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania had already ordered two million of these self-tests before the Prime Minister’s Conference, “because we suspected that we could not trust the federal government,” he said. In the corona pandemic, it cannot be that the market determines the protection of children and adolescents. The state should have done this, Schwesig said. With more self-assessments, flexibility in daycare and schools is more likely.
The previous day, the Prime Minister of Saxony, Michael Kretschmer, had taken protection from the federal government and accused Schwesig of campaigning. “Nobody in Germany is interested in Corona’s election campaign,” said the CDU politician. In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, a new state parliament will be elected parallel to the Bundestag on 26 September. At the same time, he indirectly accused Schwesig of having mixed self-tests and rapid tests. “Rapid tests are produced and widely available. New self-tests have only been approved for a few days. Indictment to the federal government is cheap,” Kretschmer said Friday. The federal government’s promise to cover half the costs of testing in schools and daycare centers is an important support.
Discount stores Aldi and Lidl were surprised in the afternoon with the great rush for Corona’s first self-tests in retail. “As expected, the items we had in store at the branches were sold out at most of our branches in the morning,” said Aldi Süd and Aldi Nord. The discounter was “surprised with this intensity” by the interest in the tests. At competitor Lidl, which initially only offered online quick tests, the website sometimes crashed. “Our website is not available at this time. Please try again later”, read the website for hours.
Self-assessments are a complement to rapid tests
The self-tests are intended to supplement the rapid tests that must be performed by trained personnel. The Federal Ministry of Health noted that the self-tests allowed “to check quickly and easily if there is an acute infection by the coronavirus.” However, it should also be noted that in case of symptoms or contact with infected people, a self-check is not enough, in this case a doctor should be contacted and a PCR test performed.
The home of Health Minister Jens Spahn has been criticized for the question of the availability of tests, especially after the head of the department initially promised that all citizens should receive free corona rapid tests from March 1. . Starting Monday, the federal government wants to fund a rapid test for all citizens at least once a week. The tests will be carried out in local test centers organized by the municipalities with partners. Spahn had already emphasized on Friday that according to the manufacturer, the warehouses were full, but the tests would not be ready everywhere on Monday because they would also have to be delivered and the application organized.
