Covid-19: in Switzerland, companies offer low-cost tests
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A Covid test center installed in a street in Bern, September 17, 2021. We are now seeing companies flourish that offer low-cost tests in certain Swiss cities.
AFP - FABRICE COFFRINI
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Pay to get tested.
It is now the rule for all those who are not vaccinated and who want to have a health pass.
In Switzerland, where prices are among the highest on the continent, we see centers flourishing that offer tests at low cost.
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With our special correspondent in Thun,
Jérémie Lanche
Queuing in front of a Covid test center, there is nothing more normal in 2021. Except that here, the queue flirts with the hundred meters, without ever decreasing.
Krysta explains why she came to be tested here: “
It's because of the money,
” she said.
It is cheaper than in the others.
"
11 francs, or 10 euros for the antigen test against 47 francs, about 44 euros in a pharmacy, the calculation is quickly done.
Some centers even offer subscriptions, like going to the gym.
Yanna jumped at the chance.
“
It's my first time here,
because it's the first time I'm getting tested,
” she says.
I need a health pass to go to a restaurant tonight.
It is certain that now I will come back there, it is much cheaper than the other screening centers.
"
Yanna is not vaccinated like the overwhelming majority of people who are patient with her.
They are almost 2000, every weekend, to come to be tested in this low cost center.
If the formula appeals to the Swiss, on the other hand, it does not encourage the unvaccinated to reach out to receive a dose.
While Switzerland has the lowest
vaccination
rate in
Western Europe.
Almost ten points behind France.
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