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Question on free of charge corona tests after 11 October 2021 if CWA shows a high risk warning #684

Closed Ein-Tim closed 3 years ago

Ein-Tim commented 3 years ago

Your Question

The federal government decided to stop the provision of free public testing with effect from 11 October 2021 (Source). Now the question rises what happens if the Corona-Warn-App shows a high risk encounter (red tile). Will the user have to pay for the corona test himself or will this still be free of charge? I know this might not be the best place to ask, but maybe this issue finds his way to the RKI and from there to the BMG?

Additional information

This issue is based on a question from a Twitter user: https://twitter.com/SocialMarketEco/status/1425737498425233415?s=20

Internal Tracking ID: EXPOSUREAPP-9990

vaubaehn commented 3 years ago

@Ein-Tim

I know this might not be the best place to ask

I think 'here' is a rather good place to ask, because many people may have that question in mind, and it would be good to validate or adapt CWA in-app information as well as FAQ.

ndegendogo commented 3 years ago

As far as I understand, the rules for this may differ between the states (Bundesländer) - it is always the question: who pays for it, and who has setup a budget ...

For Bavaria I have read "somewhere in a newspaper" that there is a budget ... but it does not cover private test centers, I should attend my doctor (and unfortunately I don't remember my source ....)

Recently (after 11 Oct) I was affected myself with a red warning, so I tried to search for this information at RKI, but couldn't find a clear statement ...

So, I called my doctor. According to RKI guidelines he is supposed to interview me and to do a risk assessment, and then decide further proceeding.

In my case we agreed on a PCR test. And, yes, I live in Bavaria.

Ein-Tim commented 3 years ago

@ndegendogo

Could be that there are even differences between the different federal states, but in general the TestV still mentions the CWA and one has the right to get tested if the CWA shows an encounter with increased risk, however the test must not necessarily be a PCR test.

More information can be found in https://github.com/corona-warn-app/cwa-wishlist/issues/657#issuecomment-942258525.

Closing this issue as answered.

MikeMcC399 commented 3 years ago

@Ein-Tim On https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/InfAZ/N/Neuartiges_Coronavirus/WarnApp/Warn_App.html you can read:

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dsarkar commented 3 years ago

@MikeMcC399 @Ein-Tim Thanks for pointing this out. Should probably be adapted. I will forward this to the RKI as well. Thanks again!

Ein-Tim commented 3 years ago

@MikeMcC399

Thanks for the note. Do you know when this information was added and if it's up to date?

@dsarkar Thank you. Maybe you could reopen the issue until further clarification from the RKI?

dsarkar commented 3 years ago

Internal Tracking ID: EXPOSUREAPP-9990

MikeMcC399 commented 3 years ago

@Ein-Tim

Do you know when this information was added and if it's up to date?

The page https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/InfAZ/N/Neuartiges_Coronavirus/WarnApp/Warn_App.html has a status date on 6.10.2021 at the bottom.

RKI can check if they think this needs to be updated.

MikeMcC399 commented 3 years ago

https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/InfAZ/N/Neuartiges_Coronavirus/WarnApp/Warn_App.html has been significantly changed:

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Ein-Tim commented 3 years ago

@MikeMcC399

Wow, this was maybe the fasted change we ever saw from the RKI?

@dsarkar I guess the internal ticket can be set to resolved?

I will close this issue now, as finally answered.

dsarkar commented 3 years ago

@Ein-Tim @MikeMcC399 same internal ticket deals with our FAQ.

I expect that a similar wording will be adopted for our faq

Ein-Tim commented 3 years ago

@MikeMcC399

Regarding your comment https://github.com/corona-warn-app/cwa-documentation/issues/684#issuecomment-943470343, I hope you don't mind that I used the picture you added to your comment in a Tweet about this topic (https://twitter.com/eintim2/status/1448743320012955650?s=21)?

Have a good night!

MikeMcC399 commented 3 years ago

@Ein-Tim

I hope you don't mind that I used the picture you added to your comment in a Tweet about this topic

You don't need to ask for a simple mark-up of screenshot from another website.

If you are using any other more extensive information from GitHub on Twitter you might like to give credit to the GitHub corona-warn-app community, if that makes sense in the context.