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Germany: One million coronavirus tests carried out, Health Ministry confirms

8 08.04.2020
W/S Government spokespersons arriving for weekly briefing, Berlin
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SOT, Hanno Kautz, German Health Ministry spokesperson (German): "​[Health Minister Jens Spahn] has not spoken of an obligation, but he said it could be reasonable to wear normal and everyday masks -to wear textile masks- not to protect yourself but to protect others. Medical masks should be reserved for medical staff.''
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SOT, Hanno Kautz, German Health Ministry spokesperson (German): "All in all, about one million tests have been conducted [in Germany]. More than 90 percent of those are negative.''
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SOT, Hanno Kautz, German Health Ministry spokesperson (German): "We cannot replicate the individual person or replicate an eventual duplication of a test. But you can assume that as long as this epidemic is not [widespread] in the country, there will not be many doublings, and this number of about 1 million is about right."
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SOT, Steve Alter, German Interior Ministry spokesperson (German): "First of all, you took notice yesterday, that the Federal Interior Minister has agreed with the involved fractions of the coalitions [in the parliament] to act fast now and take in 50 children under the age of 14 from Greece to Germany, and this will [taking place] promptly. The intake should take place next week.''
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SOT, Steve Alter, German Interior Ministry spokesperson (German): "The EU member states have, in the meanwhile, agreed on taking in between 1,000 to 1,500 children in total. And of this European wide number of 1.000 to 1.500, the [German] Federal government has decided in the coalition committee, that Germany participated in this total contingent of 300 to 500.''
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SOT, Steve Alter, German Interior Ministry spokesperson (German): "Germany and Luxembourg are the very first countries to set this process practically in motion. We have the clear expectation, that all other EU states who have agreed to this, will respect their committments.''
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SOT, Steve Alter, German Interior Ministry spokesperson (German): "Currently we have the situation that we can take in 50 persons. This means this is not something that was decided by the Federal government on its own, but at this moment there are simply no dossiers."
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SOT, Steve Alter, German Interior Ministry spokesperson (German): "This isn't something you can do overnight. There have to be health checks, in the light of the corona[virus] situation, of course every single person will be tested for corona shortly before the intake, the test cannot be older than three days."
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SOT, Steve Alter, German Interior Ministry spokesperson (German): "We are aware of the dramatic [situation in Moira]. I want to make this clear. We already made it clear in December last year, that we must to reach a solution fast. Now we have it [the solution], the first steps have been taken and we are being criticised why it is so slow."
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SOT, Steve Alter, German Interior Ministry spokesperson (German): "​You cannot just march in there and saying 'you are coming with us, you stay here'. There must be a process which is comprehensive. This process is being implemented by the Greek authorities with the participation of experienced organisations, so that are no arbitrary decisions."
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SCRIPT
German Health Ministry spokesperson Hanno Kautz announced that Germany has conducted one million tests for coronavirus while speaking at a weekly press conference from Berlin on Wednesday.
"All in all, about one million tests have been conducted [in Germany]. More than 90 percent of those are negative," Kautz said.
Kautz added that "you can assume that as long as this epidemic is not [widespread] in the country, there will not be many doublings, and this number of about 1 million is about right."
Commenting on the ongoing migrant situation in Greece, Spokesman of the Interior Ministry Steve Alter said that Germany will "take in 50 children under the age of 14 from Greece. " Alter added that "the EU member states have, in the meanwhile, agreed on taking in between 1,000 to 1,500 children in total."
"Every single person will be tested for corona shortly before the intake, the test cannot be older than three days," Alter added.
Responding to those who allegedly criticised the govt for their slow reaction, Kautz said "​you cannot just march in there and saying 'you are coming with us, you stay here'. There must be a process which is comprehensive. This process is being implemented by the Greek authorities with the participation of experienced organisations, so that are no arbitrary decisions."
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