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School is about to start. Therefore today Wednesday State Governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner presented a nationwide PCR test campaign for educators and community employees together with the Association of Municipalities President Alfred Riedl. This is intended to minimize the risk of infection in the public sector with regard to the Covid 19 pandemic.The new school year starts on September 7th. Therefore one must bear in mind that this could be a start into the unknown due to Covid 19 Governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner opened the press conference. It is therefore our responsibility to do everything necessary to enable regular operation in our schools and kindergartens. Because we all remember the lockdown. A situation that challenged both the parents and the educators said the governor. The pandemic is not over yet. But what will be over in a few days are the vacations. The vacationers return from the vacation spots in Austria or from abroad. The focus must be on those regions where the numbers have increased she said. Caution must therefore be exercised because around a third of all newly infected people are returnees from vacation and from abroad.Our responsibility is to continue to protect people from infection and above all to prevent a lockdown. That is why we are rigorous when it comes to the measures added Mikl-Leitner. Immediately after the increase in the number of infections mouth and nose protection and the strictest hygiene measures in buildings of the Lower Austrian State Service were ordered again. And we will continue on this path with foresight and with certainty. That is why we will offer all administrative employees the opportunity to undergo a PCR test by the second half of September. We want to concentrate above all on the start of our kindergartens and schools in Lower Austria continued the governor. For this reason we offer all educators a voluntary PCR test until school starts.Together with President Riedl we have therefore decided that this is a necessary and important step in order to provide security and above all to minimize the threat of infection with Covid in the public sector explained the governor. You have commissioned State Councilor Teschl-Hofmeister to prepare the planning in detail so that the tests can be carried out on time in the week before school starts. I already mentioned that this offer is voluntary and free. At this point however I would also like to emphasize that I expect all those who have been abroad to take advantage of the possibility of testing appealed Mikl-Leitner. To protect children parents and all compatriots she emphasized.The state bears the costs for the tests for state employees 50 percent of the costs for all other tests are borne by the state and municipal authorities. In total 52000 people are being offered to take part in the PCR tests.The Lower Austrian Association of Municipalities Alfred Riedl stated that it was important to maintain the trust of compatriots in the state the state and local politics. Current survey results would attest local politicians in particular - and mayors in particular - a high level of trust among the population. They want to justify this trust by doing tests quickly comprehensively unbureaucratically and in a joint alliance. We want to prevent another lockdown and are doing everything we can to ensure it. 21000 community employees are therefore invited to be tested. My urgent request is that the voluntariness is primarily accepted by those people who have spent their vacation abroad concluded Riedl.
