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Erfurt (dpa / th) - The airport in Erfurt is to serve as a base for planes that supply Germany with corona tests.

On Saturday, the plane of a Russian airline landed with around 480,000 test kits on board, the airport announced.

Three more cargo planes with these loads are expected by Easter.

A total of around two million tests are to be delivered via the Erfurt-Weimar regional airport.

Deliveries of corona protective equipment such as face masks had already been processed through him during the pandemic.

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