A comprehensive screening exercise has begun to detect the spread of the country. The university president who leads the study, Béla Merkely, is particularly optimistic about the spread of the epidemic.

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Based on a representative sample, a comprehensive coronavirus screening test began on May 1 with tens of thousands of people. The 176,778 samples taken in the first round of the one-year study are collected over two weeks by the four universities with medical schools.

We want to obtain very important basic information about this epidemic. This is necessary now because the current epidemiological situation shows a flattened curve. I believe this is a basis against which the consequences of a return to normal daily life can be compared.

– The rector of the University of Semmelweis, Béla Merkely, who directed the screening, said about the screening. index.

The doctor also spoke about how the data obtained could help fight the epidemic: they hope that the government will take the results into account. He emphasized the responsibility of randomly selected people, as they represent 500-1000 other people.

Merkely also betrayed: optimistic.

There will be no more serious epidemics, I trust that, and I would like at the same time, and I hope we can forget it by next spring.

During the examination, a sample of nasal and pharyngeal secretions is taken, which is necessary for the determination of the PCR test – explained Csaba Lengyel, president of the Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Center of the University of Szeged, who participated in the test of detection, in a statement. On the other hand, they also take blood, which is important for the analysis of antibodies. In addition to sampling, a questionnaire will be completed to help them analyze other epidemiological aspects.


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