The previous Corona rapid test center in cooperation with the city, Nordseeheilbad Borkum GmbH and Dr. Meyer has been very well received since it opened and will continue to exist. “Get tested, be safe” remains the focus for Borkumer and everyone who is on the island. The island will open to tourism from May 10, 2021, although initially only for guests residing in Lower Saxony. A journey to Borkum requires a negative test result that is not older than 24 hours. Those who have been fully vaccinated and recovered do not have to submit a test result, but rather appropriate documentation. According to the Lower Saxony Corona Ordinance, access to outdoor catering, retail, other facilities and accommodation is only permitted with a negative test result, unless full vaccination or recovery can be proven.

Nordseeheilbad Borkum GmbH is expanding the test offering on the Kulturinsel accordingly and, in cooperation with the companies TZB medical GmbH & eden GmbH, is offering additional free testing capacities from May 13, 2021 in accordance with the federal test regulation (TESTV) and the current regulation of the state of Lower Saxony.

The new testing center is located on the first floor of the Kulturinsel (Culture Island) and can be reached via the stairs by the reading room (rear entrance of the Kulturinsel). Opening hours are daily from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Online appointment booking is expected to be available from May 12, 2021, at www.schnelltest-borkum.de . Booking an appointment online is mandatory; app installation is not required. A QR code will be sent with the confirmation of your chosen appointment time, enabling contactless check-in on site. Medically trained personnel will conduct the tests using rapid antigen tests for COVID-19 approved by the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices. The test result will be sent to the person tested as a digital certificate via email within 30 minutes.

For those who do not have internet access, testing is available on the ground floor at Dr. Meyer, as you can still be tested here without registering online. Opening hours vary and are Monday to Saturday from 09.00:10.30 a.m. to 17.30:19.30 a.m. and 17.30:19.00 p.m. to XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. and Sundays from XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. to XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. The entrance to this test area can be found via the rear entrance of the Kulturinsel on the ground floor. If you need a barrier-free route, please also use this testing area.

“To honor the excellent work of Dr. “In order to be able to support Meyer and his team and adapt the testing capacities on the island to the growing number of guests, this expanded offer is essential,” says Göran Sell, Managing Director of Nordseeheilbad Borkum GmbH. “We are pleased to have gained experienced partners for the additional and now digitally supported test center with the team around Lukas Bock and Alexander Wolf, who would like to contribute their technical expertise to Borkum. With this test center, up to 3.000 rapid tests are possible every day.”

TZB medical GmbH & eden GmbH currently operate four testing centers on the mainland. The TZB medical GmbH team, consisting of approximately 10 people, forms the core of the operation and relies on supporting testing assistants from the island, who can be employed, for example, on a 450-euro basis. "We offer three different positions: testers after medical training, receptionists, and laboratory technicians," says Lukas Bock. Interested testing assistants should contact sarah.meier@borkum.de via email.