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Re:Interview with German Ventilator Manufacturer by cycomanic on Saturday March 28, 2020 @10:40AM (#22711380)
But the testing is somewhat part of the picture. Germany is now testing 400k a week (I think that is what your number is referring to). Again that is a reflection of the German healthcare system.

Another poster mentioned the decentralised nature of the German system, that has been mentioned as one of the reasons why Germany was able to test so much.

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Re:Interview with German Ventilator Manufacturer by lazyjones on Saturday March 28, 2020 @09:44PM (#22715689)
> Germany is now testing 400k a week (I think that is what your number is referring to).&

It's over 400k total as of March 23rd and 100k in the week of 20th. https://www.zeit.de/wissen/gesundheit/2020-03/coronatests-de...

> Another poster mentioned the decentralised nature of the German system, that has been mentioned as one of the reasons why Germany was able to test so much.*

Seems to be, but that makes Austria's excuses look a bit poor. Here they have a similar decentralised system, but they're claiming that they don't get enough test kits on the market and that's why they're now testing 3k-5k a day despite having lab capacities >15k/day. If Germany can get them, Austria can, too - money shouldn't be an issue.

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