A new way of testing children from COVID-19 is coming soon: it will reach Lithuania this week
“It simply came to our notice then. Then it will be given to institutions, ”said Simona Kalvelytė, a representative of the National Public Health Care Laboratory (NVSPL), to tv3.lt.
According to her, according to the public procurement contract, tests NVSPL must reach this week, the exact data is not provided.
“And then it will be issued immediately,” S. Kalvelytė added.
The pre-school test will then be taken from the laboratory. A total of 700 thousand tests have been purchased so far. units.
Minister of Health Arūnas Dulkys said that it is planned to use sucking tests in pre-school institutions at the end of January.
“We think that the method of saliva, the so-called suckers, can be used in pre-school education institutions as well, which are self-control tests, which would significantly reduce the tension in laboratories,” said A. Dulkys.
The so-called suckers are a quick saliva test in which a sample is taken by placing a special swab in the child’s mouth and sucking it. After 10 minutes, one or two lines appear to indicate whether the child is COVID-19 or healthy.
Almost 10 thousand. new cases
for the first time in the day 9844 news cases of COVID-19 were identified, nine people died, according to data released by the Department of Statistics on Tuesday.
Three of the dead were fully vaccinated against coronavirus.
Of the cases detected last day, 8405 were primary, 1436 were secondary and three were tertiary.
From the previous week, recurrent infections are included in the statistics if two positive test results are separated for at least 90 days.
1619 COVID-19 patients are currently being treated in hospitals, 97 of whom are in resuscitation.
19.9 thousand were performed in the country last day. molecular (PCR) and 2.7 thousand. antigen tests for suspected coronavirus.
The number of new cases of coronavirus in 14 days is 100 thousand. the population is growing and reaches 5,219.5 cases. The rate of seven-day positive diagnostic tests is also 47.7 percent.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, 764.8 thousand people have been infected with this infectious disease in Lithuania. population, 8 thousand died from it. people.