Saturday, June 20, 2020

This Mass-Testing Chatter in Luxembourg?

Well, it's only in a discussion stage, and here's what is generally said.

People are worried about Covid-19 and they think controls need to be set.  So the general idea is that you would regularly (no one says how often) test 600k residents of Luxembourg, and 300k non-residents who cross the border often and work in Luxembourg. 

Cost factor? Back in February, the Germans laid out the test cost at that point at 200 Euro ($240 US) per individual test.  Recently, there's been test kits floated around the US for $120.  On bulk purchase, some say you can acquire test kits for $100 each. 

But if you look at the idea of every two weeks....testing 900k folks....it'd be a fair sum of money. 

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