For weeks, is required to increase the testing capacity in the fight against the Coronavirus. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) was hoping for around 500,000 Tests per week starting the last week of March. In fact, but only about 350,000.
the bottlenecks now in the case of equipment for testing
virologist Christian Drosten of the Charité hospital in Berlin two statements ran for it. Firstly, there is the potential delayed notification of certain results. And secondly, the emerging Problem of shortage of supply, as they are already feeling the protective masks.
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“We are now in a limited market, where essential reagents, which can not be increased arbitrarily in their production, in principle, be allocated,” he explains in the NDR Podcast “The Coronavoirus-Update”. More PCR Tests (throat swabs with swabs) to perform sun, therefore, “not necessarily in our hands.” Due to the increased Europe-wide demand emerge, even for simple items such as swabs bottlenecks.
“We are in the midst of an epidemic, but at the beginning”
Therefore, Drosten, go there now is to “improve the focus of the diagnostic to test where it is really necessary. This is actually what we need to do in the next few weeks.”
Fundamentally, it is to be three areas that need to be addressed:
1. The Wearing of masks.
2. The test of quality and quantity
3 Improve. The improvement of the measures for case tracking and isolation (for example, through Apps).
Despite increasing numbers of cases, there is still “a very low infection density of real SARS-2 infections,” says Drosten, and it is clear: “We don’t have to make it clear, we’re here right in the middle of an epidemic, but we are at the beginning of an epidemic, and have then imposed the ban on contact. That is, the population is not a total durchseucht strong.” All the consequences of the NDR-Podcasts with Christian Drosten
a Day from Monday to Friday, the NDR is talking a good half hour with the virologist Christian Drosten of the current Corona location. With his advice, opinions and tips Drosten become one of the most important voices of the Corona-crisis. Here you will find all the consequences of the NDR-Podcasts.
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antibody test have weakness, but important measure to determine
that’s Why it is now vitally important that the anti-body tests, broad run, and run, because only in this way could the infection speed capture of the so-called seroconversion rate could.
This Rate is the percentage of people that develop after an illness of sufficient immunity. With a view to possible loosening of the current restrictions, this Rate is very important, because they capture, in addition to all Infected, all Healed, and thus probably Immune. Reuters/Christophe Gateau/dpa, Christian Drosten, Director of the Institute for Virology at the Charité hospital in Berlin.
However, antibody tests have their flaws, like Drosten explained. On the one hand, this “not showing directly the immunity, rather one must see you “as an indicator for a recent disease.”
on the Other hand, all of the antibody tests cross-reacted almost, “so you make false-positive signals, if someone has an infection with the common Cold coronaviruses behind.”
The Declaration: There are four common cold viruses are known, SARS-COV-2 is newly added. 5 to 15 percent of all colds are caused through this.
so It is possible that a Tested has a positive result, even though he didn’t have the new Virus, but a well-known.
However, the wide implementation of anti-body tests is scientifically, the primary objective. “At the Moment, more of a coincidence is to Happen as a nomenclature, on the whole,” says Drosten. This now needs to change with the help of the Tests.
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