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Schwerin (dpa) - Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig (SPD) has blamed the federal government for missing corona self-tests and sharply criticized it.
"I do not want to hide at this point that I am very angry that the federal government allows Aldi and Co. to sell self-tests and we do not get the self-tests delivered until mid-March," said Schwesig on Saturday 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 rely on the federal government," she said.
The country has around 1.6 million inhabitants.
In the corona pandemic, it cannot be that the market determines the protection of children and adolescents.
The state should have done this, said Schwesig.
With more self-tests, easing in day-care centers and schools is more likely.
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