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Wiesbaden (dpa) - Corona rapid tests and self-tests play an important role in the fight against the pandemic and the further course of action, according to Chancellor Helge Braun (CDU).
The development of capacities and the implementation of tests will be the "central instrument" in the near future, he said on Friday evening at the annual digital reception of the medium-sized and economic union in Wiesbaden.
"We will all be tested much more frequently in the future."
If you manage to stabilize the number of infections in this way, "then we have a lot of opening prospects".
In view of the more contagious virus mutations, one must proceed very carefully on the way out of the lockdown so that the numbers do not jump up again, emphasized Braun.
It is about making something possible in “small, careful steps”.
The worst would be: "We open up, find out that it doesn't work and then the numbers are up again and close again relatively strictly."
The week-long lockdown with the closure of restaurants and many retail stores was recently extended by the federal and state governments to March 7th.
Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and the country leaders will discuss next Wednesday how to proceed.
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