Slovak scientists have been able to develop a Slovak COVID-19 disease test and Slovakia has since today a new 100 thousand tests for this disease. On Thursday, the State Medicine Control Institute issued a decision to register the Slovak test for COVID-19.
Member of the permanent crisis staff Robert Mistrik stressed that this is a test that meets all the quality parameters and is fully competitive even in the world. The number of infections in Slovakia is decreasing as the country gradually opens up, the importance of testing will increase. If we are to gradually return to normal life, testing will become more and more important. added Mister. According to him, even in the event of an epidemic of another species, we can adapt the tests to the next virus and we will be better prepared in any other epidemic.
It is a key and strategic step for the Slovak Republic, for the safety and health of people in Slovakia, Prime Minister Igor Matovič, who thanked Slovak scientists and appreciated that they signed up for the test.
The test, according to experts, is specific to the Slovak strains of the Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which allows producers to reliably diagnose the new coronavirus at an earlier stage of the disease. The accuracy and sensitivity of the tests have been improved. By Boris Klempu from the Biomedical Center SAV is a Slovak quality test based on a method approved by WHO.