▁spite ▁of ▁w ides p read ▁avail ability ▁of ▁labor atory ▁testing ▁but ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁restrict ive ▁R K I ▁testing ▁criteria , ▁Germ ans ▁without ▁specific ▁sympt oms ▁could ▁not ▁be ▁tested ▁until ▁late ▁March . ▁On ▁ 2 5 ▁March ▁ 2 0 2 0 , ▁the ▁Robert ▁Koch ▁Institute ▁announced ▁that ▁people ▁no ▁longer ▁needed ▁to ▁come ▁from ▁risk ▁areas ▁to ▁be ▁tested , ▁and ▁prior it ised ▁lo os ened ▁restrictions ▁to ▁test ▁health ▁care ▁workers . ▁R K I ▁critic ised ▁that ▁too ▁many ▁people ▁without ▁sympt oms ▁were ▁tested . ▁On ▁ 2 6 ▁March , ▁v iro log ist ▁St ree ck ▁said ▁that ▁testing ▁l abs ▁were ▁at ▁the ▁limit ▁of ▁their ▁capacity . ▁The ▁more ▁a ▁pan demic ▁spread s , ▁the ▁harder ▁it ▁becomes ▁to ▁increase ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁tests ▁due ▁to ▁over bur den ing ▁of ▁the ▁health care ▁system . ▁ ▁Report ing ▁lag ▁ ▁Inc ub ation ▁period , ▁and ▁turn ▁around ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁only ▁di agnostic ▁test ▁( PC R ) ▁can ▁lead ▁to ▁a ▁reporting ▁lag ▁of ▁about ▁five ▁to ▁ten ▁days . ▁ ▁Because ▁of ▁the ▁federal ▁health ▁care ▁system ▁in ▁Germany , ▁federal ▁countries ▁vary ▁in ▁data ▁collection , ▁aggreg ation ▁and ▁time ▁of ▁release ▁to ▁the ▁public . ▁Local ▁( Land kre ise ▁/ ▁Kre isf re ie ▁Städ te ) ▁health ▁depart ments ▁initially ▁reported ▁data ▁to ▁the ▁federal ▁country ▁health ▁department ▁which ▁transferred ▁data ▁to ▁the ▁nations ▁federal ▁health ▁department ,