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Schwerin (dpa / mv) - Since the start of the corona rapid tests at the schools in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, 284 results have been positive.

These include 227 schoolchildren and 57 employees, as Education Minister Bettina Martin (SPD) said in the state parliament in Schwerin on Thursday.

So far, 411 794 tests have been taken, including 343 714 by students and 68 080 by employees.

How many of the positive rapid tests were confirmed by the necessary PCR test was initially not known.

According to the Minister of Education, corona rapid tests have been taken in schools in the northeast since March 17, and tests have been compulsory since the end of April.

Those who go to school have to test themselves twice a week.

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Information on compulsory tests in schools