The SPÖ accuses the state government of oversleeping valuable time. Health officer Christian Stöckl (ÖVP) looks different. He doesn’t want to let any hectic rush around the child vaccination: “We deliberately waited for the decision in Vienna. Vaccination is a very emotional topic and we shouldn’t get hectic about it. “

Health officer warns of hectic

A second vaccination route is planned for next weekend in the Haus der Natur. 38,000 children between the ages of five and eleven live in Salzburg. They will primarily be vaccinated in doctor’s offices in order to educate parents and children accordingly. Doctors in private practice are already reaching their capacity limits.

Since Friday noon, parents can also reserve their children for vaccination. Other federal states have already gone this way in the past few weeks, says Stöckl: “When making reservations, we made the experience that people are very impatient and their codes don’t come along. Therefore, the transmission of the TAN codes should be kept as short as possible. “

Test chaos with private laboratory continues

The second working week in Salzburg comes to an end with test chaos. This was a lottery game for many – if you bet on PCR gargle tests from Novogenia. The Eugendorf laboratory was awarded the contract by the federal government.

“Wrong time to lose your nerve”

For the country, the current situation is anything but satisfactory. You could terminate the contract with Novogenia – but you don’t want to, says Markus Kurcz from the “Covid Board Land Salzburg”: “It’s not about how long one or the other contract partner watches. It would be the wrong time to lose your nerve. Our system is the stabilization of the system. “

The Red Cross guarantees results for its PCR gargle tests in less than 36 hours. In most cases, they come earlier.