According to Pál Győrfi, the start of the procedure is very similar to the PCR test, only that it gives results in 15 minutes.

Coronavirus: the second wave

Half a year after the spring outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, the second wave of the pandemic has arrived. The radical increase in the number of infected is forcing more and more countries to re-impose restrictions, despite the fact that the world economy has not even recovered from the effects of the spring outbreak. According to the signs, the second wave also reached Hungary. Follow our news!

Since last week, the Hungarian Ambulance Service has been using the new antigen-based rapid test, which is suitable for rapid detection of coronavirus infection. Experts have already performed hundreds of tests with this type of test; result InfoRadio of your reputation.

According to Pál Győrfi, spokesman for the National Ambulance Service, they received 30,000 tests, but if they are used by the 750 ambulance units, there will be supply.

The beginning of the procedure is very similar to the PCR test, in that the sample is taken from the hopper, but then the sample is mixed in a special solution, from which it is dropped onto a test strip, which gives a result in 15 minutes “.

Explained the spokesman, who said that if the test result is positive, it means more than 95 percent of certainty that the person is infected.

Pál Győrfi also spoke about the fact that the new rapid test does not activate the PCR test, but rather helps to optimize the patient route. That is, where to take the patient. In the case of a positive test, the patient is placed in the Covid department of the corresponding hospital, and in the case of a negative result, the patient is classified as a Covid suspect.

According to a study by the National Center for Public Health (NNK), the use of tests can shorten the start of treatment in patients with moderate to severe coronavirus by several days.

With the second wave of the epidemic, new and smarter coronavirus tests have been launched around the world: for example, there are already those that give results in twenty minutes, but there are also those that are even faster, and they are offered for 1,500 florins. A Hungarian diagnostic company is working on a test that also detects coronavirus and influenza.

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