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Hamburg (dpa / lno) - Hamburg starts today with nationwide corona rapid tests at all schools.
In the future, every student will be tested once and the school staff three times a week.
School Senator Ties Rabe (SPD) announced that around 480,000 self-test kits were delivered to the schools.
Pilot tests in the past week with more than 20,000 self-tests among school employees have shown that the test is easy and uncomplicated to use even by laypeople.
The student self-tests at ten pilot schools, including six primary schools, were also successful.
According to the school authorities, a cotton swab must be inserted into the front of the nose during the self-tests.
A test liquid is then used to check whether there is an infection.
To ensure proper use, the authorities have commissioned an explanatory video with hand puppets suitable for children and written an information letter for parents and children in eight languages.
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