Best Practice - Vienna:

Since the end of March, the City of Vienna has been making PCR tests available to all Viennese free of charge as part of "alles gurgelt". The project exists of 4 parties: the austrian post as a logistics partner, REWE as a pick-up and drop-off place, LIFEBRAIN as a laboratory and us as the provider of the test kit. Via the website www.allesgurgelt.at you get your first barcode to pick up the tests at one of the 160 Viennese BIPA branches. You can then gargle/rinse at home. To do this, simply open the WebApp at lead-horizon.org/public and follow the instructions on the WebApp. 

Important: anyone who needs a medical report must use the WebApp with proof of identity. To do this, simply hold a valid passport, ID card or e-card (available soon) up to the camera and then take the sample in front of the camera. Those who use the WebApp without proof of identity will only receive their result, whether positive or negative.

The well-sealed test kit is taken to one of the Viennese REWE branches (BIPA, Billa, Penny, Merkur, REWE petrol stations) before 9 am. The result is available the next day in the morning. 

Christoph Steininger is a virologist, infectiologist and internist at the Medical University of Vienna. After studying human medicine in Innsbruck, he worked at the Medical University of Vienna, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (Germany), Cayetano Heredia University Lima (Peru), and University of California, San Diego (USA). Prof. Steininger is head of the research group "Viral Infections" and the Institute for Microbiome Research of the Karl-Landsteiner Society.