VIENNA —A newly developed, lollipop-shaped coronavirus test is being rolled out in some of Austria’s kindergartens as an alternative for toddlers who don’t take well to throat or nose swabs.
Students — a little shy — lined up in one Vienna kindergarten this week to be tested, with the exercise open to the media.
Though children are exempt from many virus measures, there are fears that with schools and kindergartens reopening, the more contagious variant that emerged in Britain and is dominant in several EU countries could spread more widely among young people and children.
This could contribute to another surge in cases and threaten progress with vaccination campaigns.
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