Fight against rapid test fraud: Clueless Lauterbach? – Politics

The Robert Koch Institute is to analyze bills from private quick test operators in the future. No problem, claims the health minister. RKI President Wieler has long expressed his concerns in a letter to the ministry. What’s going on?

By Markus Grill and

Klaus Ott, Berlin/Munich

Wednesday, Berlin, press conference by Karl Lauterbach (SPD): The Minister of Health explains the latest measures against the corona virus. And answers the question of how he came up with the “crazy idea” of using the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in the fight against mass fraud in rapid corona tests. The medical institute plays a central role in the fight against the pandemic and already has more than enough to do.

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