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Germany to offer free coronavirus tests to returning travellers

Published: 24 Jul 2020 - 04:52 pm | Last Updated: 01 Nov 2021 - 03:09 am
In this file photo taken on July 10, 2020, A lab assistant preparating for testing corona samples from passengers at the corona screening station in the medical center of the Franz-Josef-Strauss airport in Munich, southern Germany, amid the novel coronavi

In this file photo taken on July 10, 2020, A lab assistant preparating for testing corona samples from passengers at the corona screening station in the medical center of the Franz-Josef-Strauss airport in Munich, southern Germany, amid the novel coronavi

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Berlin: Germany will offer free coronavirus tests to all returning travellers in new measures agreed Friday, as concerns grow over a surge due to summer travel.

"Those returning from risk countries should be tested, and those returning from non-risk countries will also have the option," said Berlin health minister Dilek Kalayci after the measures were agreed by the health ministers of Germany's 16 states.

She said the tests would initially be non-mandatory and the cost would be covered by the state in all cases.