During the pilot phase, the tests can be picked up in the Bipa branches in the participating districts and the samples can be handed in at all Rewe locations in these districts, the state informed on Thursday. If the response is good, it could be rolled out across the entire federal state.
With a view to autumn, steps must already be taken to “curb a renewed increase in the number of infections, also in connection with the highly contagious Delta variant,” emphasized LH Thomas Stelzer (ÖVP), which is why the low-threshold range of tests is being expanded. For a federal state like Upper Austria, however, the logistical challenges are “much higher than for a large city like Vienna”.
Free tests with barcode on the homepage
One wants to check in a pilot phase whether the concept “everything gurgles” is well accepted by the population, so health officer LHStv. Christine Haberlander (ÖVP). The most effective protection against severe disease is still vaccination. “Currently six out of ten Linzers are vaccinated at least once”, calculated the Mayor of Linz, Klaus Luger, and for the others a “low-threshold and reliable test network” must be made available. In the whole of Upper Austria, 60 percent of those over the age of twelve are currently vaccinated for the first time and 44 percent for a second vaccination.
You can get a barcode from the homepage www.allesgurgelt.at. This then gives you four tests in the Bipa branches. Then you log in with the sample number via the web app lead-horizon.org/public and receive a personalized barcode with which test kits can be picked up again and again. The app offers instructions for handling the test. A passport, an e-card or an ID card must be held in the camera to establish identity.
The finished samples can be handed in in branches of Billa, Billa Plus, Bipa and Penny as well as in the petrol station shops “BP Merkur Inside”, “Billa Unterwegs” and “Billa Stop-Shop”. The test result will then be transmitted within 24 hours. Children can use the test as soon as they are able to gargle. The tests are free for citizens, the costs are borne by the federal government.
