Germany gets tough on Covid test centres after media expose fraud

Several centres are alleged to have claimed payment for more tests than they carried out

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Health ministers in Germany have pledged to clamp down on fraud in coronavirus test centres across the country, after evidence that some have been claiming for more tests than they have carried out.

At an emergency meeting on Monday after German media exposed the anomalies, Jens Spahn, the government health minister and the representatives from the 16 states agreed to introduce reforms at the 15,000 test centres.