“Giving a fair deal to the taxpayer was the reason we abolished free rapid coronavirus tests,” Spahn told the newspapers of the Funke Mediengruppe. Testing at rapid test centres, thousands of which have sprouted up across German cities, will no longer be free of charge. READ MORE: Who will still be able to get a free test starting Monday? Several doctors’ unions have criticised the move, which will restrict free testing to people for whom vaccines aren’t recommended, starting Monday. Some groups of people, such as children under 12 for whom there is no approved Covid vaccine, will still be entitled to free tests.

Source: The Local October 10, 2021 13:18 UTC