secured equipment to thousands of coronatest the next 14 days, showing the statement from the Danish Regions.
All of the country’s five regions will be coming in the next days, up to test 5000 people a day, for coronaviruses, if there is a need for it.
It shows a statement from the regional microbiological departments. This was stated by the Danish Regions in a press release.
This will quintuple the number of tests compared to the baseline level, which has hovered around 1000 on average daily.
Stephanie Lose (V) who is the chairman of the Danish Regions, welcomes the figures.
– It means that we live up to that desire, that is, to test multiple. It will primarily be employees, where we can test more, and she says to Ritzau.
the Message from the regions comes after health authorities in recent days have stressed that it is necessary to test multiple.
Wednesday was the ambition from the Danish Health and medicines authority that must be tested 5000 on the day of coronaviruses.
But the announcement also comes at a time when there have been several stories about hospitals that lack the equipment to conduct tests.
on Friday, writes Berlingske, both in Region Sjælland, Syddanmark, Midtjylland and Nordjylland is currently a lack of necessary component parts such as pipettes and plastic trays.
the Danish Regions have with the current inventory, the expectation to be able to keep the level of the test in 14 days.
And it will future reports of lack of equipment does not change, says Stephanie Lose.
– It is a persistent work to obtain the equipment we need. For if we can’t find it, where we wont, how can we find alternative solutions.
– We can now say with certainty that we have tests for the next 14 days with about 5000 on the day, she says.
Although the desired level so far, it seems to be achieved for a time, so there remains a desire among the authorities to increase the capacity beyond 5000.
on Thursday, did the Health director, Søren Brostrøm, it is clear in the P1 Orientation that you will want to test even more. Like 10,000 or more on the day, was the announcement.
According to Stephanie Lose have the regions already put several initiatives in progress with external suppliers, which can help to increase the capacity further.
How much she will not, however, put the number on at the present time.
– I think we will be able to increase the capacity of the health care system.
– I have not heard Søren Brostrøms report in detail – in addition to what he has said in the media – so I go, of course, that there will be a dialogue between us and the Danish Health and medicines authority about what their expectation is, ” says Stephanie Lose.
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