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Continuing testing of different groups in society, employees of cultural institutions, Lithuanian airports, LTG Link, Lithuanian Transport Safety Administration, Transport Competencies Administration, Lithuanian Highway Administration, the Air Navigation, the Ministry of Finance and the State Tax Inspectorate may also take the test for free. , Personnel from the Audit, Accounting, Asset Valuation and Bankruptcy Management Service, the Audit, Accounting, Asset Valuation and Bankruptcy Management Service and the National Center for General Functions. Their tests will be organized by the municipalities of the country.
Employees of the Department of Prisons and its subordinate institutions, the State Data Protection Inspectorate also had the opportunity to examine free of charge. Your tests will be organized by the Penitentiary Hospital.
Officials from the Customs Department and its subordinate customs statutory bodies, whose tests will be organized by the Ministry of the Interior Medical Center, will also be able to conduct coronavirus tests free of charge.
This was confirmed by the decision of the Minister of Health, Aurelijus Veryga, head of emergency operations at the state level.
Municipalities, prison hospitals and the Ministry of the Interior medical center will provide the necessary testing facilities, provide rapid tests with a written test number and sheets of paper with a test number. Testing should be done in accordance with all measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection. Medical personnel and subjects should observe hand hygiene, cough, sneeze, wear personal protective equipment, and maintain physical distance. Before performing the rapid test, the specialist should change the gloves or disinfect them, and after 10-15 minutes. evaluate the test results.
The Kaunas City Ambulance Station, which organizes the work of the 1808 hotline, will register people who have tested positive for coronavirus and refer them for PRG tests at mobile points.
Orders and results of all long-term trial studies will be integrated into the Collaborative Infrastructure Information System and eHealth Services.
The collection of rapid tests from the National Public Health Laboratory and their distribution to the medical institutions that will perform the examination will be organized by the country’s municipalities, the Prison Hospital and the Medical Center of the Ministry of the Interior.
The rapid test will be performed by authorized medical institutions to provide laboratory diagnostic services or personal primary health care.
SAM recalls that molecular testing identifies viral genetic material (RNA) and is commonly referred to as genetic or PCR testing. Molecular tests show if a person is infected with the virus at the time of the test and if they are a possible carrier of the disease. A nasopharyngeal sample is taken for PCR analysis.
Meanwhile, rapid serological tests test a patient’s blood for products of the human immune response to the virus – antibodies that have formed in the human body as the immune response to coronavirus infection develops. These tests provide a clearer picture of the epidemiological landscape of the country, manage the spread of this infection, assess how many people are already sick, and what measures could be taken to further control the disease. Rapid testing is done by drawing blood from a finger and applying it to the test.
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