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Since last week, at the Vilnius Antakalnis Polyclinic a serological test can be performed, which shows whether a person has already been infected with coronavirus. The study is paid, it costs 15 euros. Doctors note that the study is designed to see if a person has immunity.
Izabelė Juškienė, GP at the Vilnius Antakalnis Polyclinic, stated that this test is not intended for the diagnosis of coronavirus.
“We can find out with him if we have been in contact or not. And based on that we can find out if there is already immunity and if the reaction is very acute and a PCR test should be done, ”the family doctor told LNK news.
On average, the antibodies last 3 to 6 months. Therefore, serogolic studies revealed that some of the patients who arrived were infected with coronavirus long before the official arrival of the infection in Lithuania.
Residents became ill again in January, when the first case in our country was reported only in late February.
“What was very interesting to know was that the disease returned in January. Consequently, the virus itself circulated a little before illnesses were observed in the country. That’s right, we had several of those patients. “This virus appears to be mutating very rapidly, we are likely to be very resistant to the next wave and we will not be,” he said.
In Lithuania, these examinations are organized in 8 medical institutions, most of them private.
A month-long population study should also show how many people have been infected with coronavirus.
In the population study, which aims to determine what proportion of the population may have been unknowingly exposed to the coronavirus, the first dozen volunteers were studied, reported BNS Professor Mindaugas Stankūnas from the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences ( LSMU).
“It just came to our attention then. Now I can’t say exactly how many people have been surveyed, but … there are already about a dozen,” the professor told BNS on Tuesday.
“At the beginning, we wanted to see how things were going, how long the processes took. We ask that not many people come out at the beginning and be investigated. “A massive investigation, huge flows, should start on Wednesday,” he added.
The research is carried out for residents of the cities of Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda and the districts of Ukmergė, Tauragė and Zarasai. A total of 13 thousand invitations were sent. people, and it is planned to halve the investigation: about 6.5 thousand. persons.
According to M. Stankūnas, twice as many invitations are sent because not all people will respond and come for the test.
People were selected for the study at random, but they reflect the composition of the population of these six regions. Population testing is expected to take about a month.
“We should complete that investigation before September 10, if all goes well,” Stankūnas said.
LSMU signed a population research agreement with the Ministry of Health on July 10. LSMU conducts research together with Vilnius University (VU).
Tests for volunteers are conducted at six medical institutions: Vilnius Center Polyclinic, Ukmerg U Hospital, Zarasai Primary Health Care Center, Tauragė Hospital, Republican Klaipėda Hospital and Kaunas Clinics.
Serological tests for COVID-19 are performed on invited volunteers to determine what proportion of the population has been infected with coronavirus. They show antibodies formed in the body. These studies look at human blood.
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