secondSince the beginning of July, many private and non-profit organizations have been dismantling their white test tents. The initially lucrative business is becoming less and less worthwhile, and demand is declining. When those returning from Italy, Spain or Slovenia return home from a holiday in early September, it remains to be seen whether the test capacity is sufficient.In any case, the corona rapid test has paid off financially, such as German Red Cross (DRK) in Baden-Wurttemberg. Klaus Stock, managing director of DRK in Tübingen, made no secret of this: “We made a lot of profits. We were able to make about 1.6 million euros. We still have personnel costs, but we still have about 500,000 euros.” DRK Regional Association’s The balance sheet totals 14 million euros, which is quite impressive.
Federal Minister of Health Jens Spann (CDU) hope to quickly establish a low-threshold and efficient test system at the beginning of the year. This has led to not only DRK, Johanniter or professional laboratory companies setting up test centers at an extremely fast speed, but also tile workers on street corners or operators in fitness rooms. “It will pay off at a price of 8 euros,” said Stock, who talked about a good corona test yield.
