60 seconds: Therefore, the regions earned millions on the corona test

In the spring of 2020, the first covid-19 wave struck.

Testing and tracing infection became important to gain control of the infection.

But the PCR tests would be a real goldmine for the regions.

In June 2020, the government agreed with Sweden's municipalities and regions, SKR, to replace the regions with SEK 1,400 per PCR test performed.

SVT Local News' review shows that several regions went hundreds of millions in surplus on corona testing.

The region that has reported the largest surplus has gone 1.7 billion plus.

In the clip, we summarize in 60 seconds how the regions could get such a large surplus on PCR testing