Some 25,000 tests will be distributed to the various arrival points in Brittany during the Ascension weekend.
One way for the region to prevent contamination by inviting travelers to be extra careful.
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The target of 20 million first-time vaccinated against Covid-19 should be reached over the next 24 hours.
Vaccination remains one of the privileged axes to overcome the coronavirus, with screening.
You can now test yourself for free in Brittany.
In all, 25,000 tests are distributed to all arrival points in the region.
Thus, at Rennes station, self-tests are offered to travelers when they get off the train.
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Coming out of a train from Paris, Laurine, a member of Civil Protection, hands a box to Alix and Karine.
"I hope there is everything to tell us how to do it, because I have never tried," admits one of the two friends.
An explanatory sheet is supplied with the kit.
The result is less than a quarter of an hour: one line is negative, two lines are positive.
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