No free PCR test more! That's changing now at the Corona warning

The Corona warning app should warn against a risk contract and thus break the infection chains. Once the app has been installed on the smartphone, it is anonymous in the background all the encounters in everyday life and encrypted.

This happens via Bluetooth and encrypted random codes of smartphones nearby, which also use the app. You can download the app here:

• Corona warning app for Android: inform now at chip and download it to the Google Play Store
• Corona warning app for iPhone: inform now at chip and download the Apple App Store

If users now charge a positive test result in the app, the risk contacts are informed only about the day of the possible contact. The affected receive a red warning.

So far, risk contacts with this reference in several federal states could perform a free PCR test. But Federal Minister Minister Karl Lauderbach wants to cancel the opportunity.

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What do you need to know now?

These are plans of the minister, but the new scheme could already be decided under the federal and state summit and then apply nationwide.

If the Corona warning app displays an "increased risk", the affected person should then carry out a free citizen test (antigen-quick test). Only when this result is positive, a free PCR test should be used to confirm the result. For those affected, this is a significantly higher effort.