It has been a year and 6 months since the corona virus began in December 2019. Although vaccines have been developed, we are still living with quarantine rules to prevent the spread of the virus. According to the rules updated on April 12th, the outside areas of restaurants, cafés are allowed to be open again. Meetings there, just as private meetings, are possible with a maximum of 5 people of 2 households. Medical/FFP2 masks have to be worn when entering, but can be taken off at the table. The indoor areas have to remain closed except for picking up pre-ordered food or using the bathroom. Alcohol can be sold until 9pm.

No one is sure when this pandemic will end. If you have symptoms such as high fever or cough, you should go to a nearby inspection laboratory to get a test. This article deals with information about the test center at Fachhochschule Kiel.

On Tuesday, March 23rd, a high-speed corona virus test station was established in the university’s multipurpose building (Building 18). It is organized by Wellsee Apotheke, the owners of which are Jan Sörensen and Torben Sörensen. You can contact them via  info@wellseeapotheke.de. I had a short interview with Monika Köpke, an employee at the test office.

Workers at the test center (Photo by Byunghyun Lee)

Q. What are the operating hours of this test center?

A. It is open for 3 hours every Tuesday from 9am to 12pm.

Q. Are there any necessary procedures for the test?

A. Just fill out the documents at the test center. The document has a field to check the presence of symptoms and a field to write personal information.

Q. How long does the test take?

A. On average, results come about in 15 minutes. You will be notified separately only if you are positive.

Q. How much is the cost for the test?

A. The test is free because the federal government pays for it once a week.

Q. Have you ever tested positive here?

A. We cannot disclose that point.

Q. What do you feel while working here?

A. I’m just doing what someone has to do. I hope this pandemic is over and return to our daily life.

The regulations have been made for FH-Kiel can be found in the link below.

https://www.fh-kiel.de/fileadmin/data/marketing/coronavirus/bereichs-hygienekonzept_c18_-_stand_16.03.2021.pdf

Information about the corona test center in Schleswig-Holstein can be found in the link below.

https://www.schleswig-holstein.de/DE/Schwerpunkte/Coronavirus/Allgemeines/TeststationenKarte/teststationen_node.html?lang=de