The number of people tested for COVID-19 (coronavirus) is significantly increase. In addition to state laboratories, they will also test private and in the horizon It is expected that between 2000 and 4000 people can be tested daily for ten days. Prime Minister Igor Matovich and Minister for Health Marek informed about this today It's a draw.
To get out of those 300 ̊ 350 tests In the near future on the ceiling of common capacities, that is today 2000, in the horizon week approximately 3000, stated Prime Minister with within ten days it could be 4,000 tests a day. This is the key A way to identify people tested positive for COVID-19 disease to We treated them and protected everyone else from infecting them,completed Prime Minister.
Already on Thursday, state laboratories did 912 tests,where 42 has been positive. One of private labs ran 60 tests, revealed one positive case. Total has currently Slovakia 269 positive cases.
The Minister of Health informed that the hospitals are already in significantly reprofiled and prepared. – Settings quality protocols to successfully treat and save as many people as possible;stated Minister. Minister Krajčí stressed that when testing we will focus on the population of people over 65, as these people can have a serious course of disease. People at risk with symptoms COVID-19 will be ordered for testing. In case they could not show up at The sampling point, they come to them specially equipped ambulance.
In front of the hospitals, there will be places where there will be people to take samples for COVID-19 disease. This will be the external sampling points, thanks patients who do not suspect this type of disease will be protected. Private laboratories shall arrange for the collection of samples to all laboratories whether it is state or private.