German labs are now able to carry out almost 900,000 tests a week for the novel coronavirus, officials said, as they plan to widen testing among health workers, according to AFP.

“Today, we have a theoretically possible capacity of almost 900,000 tests [per week] in Germany already, as long as the materials for these tests are available,” health minister Jens Spahn told reporters in Berlin.

Roughly 470,000 tests were carried out last week, suggesting there is spare capacity that could help prevent outbreaks among medical staff at hospitals and care homes.