You no longer even have to go to a GGD test street in case of complaints. This is made clear by Minister of Health Ernst Kuipers in a letter to the House of Representatives.
Self-test reliable
Self-testing will become the norm, the cabinet writes in the letter. From 11 April, the GGDs will only take corona tests on vulnerable people, such as the elderly and residents of nursing institutions. Their immediate environment can also come by for a test. Furthermore, after a positive self-test, no one has to go to the GGD. According to De Kuipers, a self-test is reliable enough. If you still want to do a test in connection with a proof of recovery, you can do that.
Plans against spread
The letter to parliament states the Long-term strategy for tackling covid-19. “The aim of the strategy is to guarantee an open society, even if we end up in an unfavorable scenario,” the letter reads. In the event of a new outbreak of the virus, the cabinet wants to keep society as open as possible. From now on, the catering industry, cultural institutions and companies must make their own plans against the spread of the virus too quickly.
Priority in education and childcare
That does not mean that there is no longer a chance of a lockdown, because as soon as the virus revives, certain measures simply have to be taken. But keeping education and childcare open in any case has the highest priority.
The cabinet is still coming with a so-called self-care advice. This contains advice on what to do after a positive corona test, or if you test negative but do have complaints.
Is it your first time using a self-test? In the video below we explain step by step how to perform the covid-19 self-test: