That was on Sunday made the day 2272 test for coronavirus in Denmark distributed on the country’s five regions.
this was stated by The Danish Regions.
Thus reached the regions nor on Sunday up on the national board of Health wanted 5000 coronatest every day in week 14. The same was true Saturday, where 3258 were tested for coronaviruses.
the Number is an expression of the carried out tests, and not for the regions testkapacitet. Thus, it is possible for the regions to test more.
Danish Regions assume that the number of tested Saturday and Sunday due to there being fewer referrals over the weekend.
As part of the current strategy, want the health authorities, that the number of daily tests should increase from week to week.
the Goal for last week was the 5000 test on the day. It succeeded, however, only on Thursday and Friday, where both days were made nearly 6000 test.
this week, the goal is to reach 10,000 daily test. And in the week after easter to the figure of 15,000.
the Danish Health and medicines authority has continuously modified its recommendations and guidelines under the coronakrisen, for how many and who should be tested.
In the beginning tested all with the symptoms that came home from traveling in northern Italy and Austria, where the infection on the time spread violently.
11. march changed the health authorities, however, strategy, so it was only those with severe symptoms, who were tested.
the world health Organization (WHO) has argued that one should test as much as possible.
It has led to criticism of the Danish test strategy, and last week was the criteria for who can be tested, changed.
In the current guidelines, which came into force on Thursday last week, it appears that citizens with mild symptoms can be tested.
This applies, for example, persons living together with someone in the risk group.
in Addition, it is now possible for the practitioners to refer citizens to the test. It means that the doctor can refer directly to the test at a regional clinic after a telephone assessment.
According to the State Serum Institute is under coronakrisen got answer on 47.340 test. It shows the numbers as of Monday morning.
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