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So far, 11,325 registrations have been received for the first area tests in Switzerland. The first day of the test went smoothly, Grisons authorities announced on Friday. A total of 4,249 people were tested in southern Grisons on Friday. 38 of them were corona positive. That is just under one percent.
There were occasional delays in the transmission of test results. The tests were carried out on Friday in 9 of the 19 municipalities in southern Grisons. 60 doctors are involved in the tests in the area, which will last until Sunday. The entire medical and administrative staff is made up of almost 800 people.
20,000 tests for Sunday
The tests are an important means of detecting as many coronavirus infections as possible, Graubünden authorities said. The tests are carried out in the regions of Bernina (Puschlav), Lower Engadine / Münstertal and Maloja (Bergell and Upper Engadine). In the 19 municipalities a total of 35,000 people are served, including tourists.
The objective of the authorities is to carry out 20,000 tests from Friday to Sunday. Those affected know if they are infected with the coronavirus or not 20 minutes later.
Massive tests in Graubünden: Photographer Giancarlo Cattaneo (71) is being tested(01:25)
Also tests at the Bonaduz school
The authorities are not only conducting tests in southern Grisons. 100 young people and 50 teachers were also tested for the virus at the Bonaduz school. At the top level there, despite ten days of distance learning, there was an unusual accumulation of Covid 19 diseases.
The tests showed that only one person was infected. Thanks to the willingness of teachers and students to take the test, a large number of asymptomatic people could be excluded, he said. Asymptomatic people have been infected with the virus, they do not show symptoms, but they can infect others. (SDA)
