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“The virus first settles in the nasopharynx, so we look for it there first. Of course, the nasopharynx and throat are the connecting system through which saliva circulates, this is our idea and it was checked whether the virus could be detected only in the saliva ”, says the teacher in the program.
According to her, this is already a real practice in the world.
“We have had experience testing tails of genetic material, but more than one test in the world is heading towards the patent, where they are trying to test the virus in saliva. There are a variety of safe ways to collect, stabilize the sample and ship, then no more moving points are needed. It is also not painful to take a sample ”, says the professor in the program.
“When we now do this study with the Santara clinics, patients with coronavirus treatment are asked to bring some saliva to the tube and we remove that sample, there is no personnel involved, the tube comes to us in a sealed mesh and we are successfully discovering viral RNA ”, says S. Jarmalaitė.
Sonata Jarmalaitė
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It is true that these are only the first attempts, but such a process would try to alleviate the situation.
When asked if we could do everything within our own country, the professor assured us that we really have a lot of intellectual potential.
“I think that not only this, but also many Italians could be done in Lithuania, all we need is the desire to join forces,” says S. Jarmalaitė.
When asked how much money would be needed for this, the professor assured that it is very important that companies get involved.
“We have a lot of ideas on how to make it more convenient. We try not only to test the saliva, but also to put a smear in the mouth that collects that sample on its own, it is a lot of innovation and opportunities to do the tests quickly. Of course, more human potential is needed. I think starting a business would really be a convenient product. “
The order of the Minister of Health on the COVID-19 vaccination procedure establishes that vaccination is carried out first for workers who work with the disease, then for emergency workers, and then for higher-risk patients and doctors who work with they.
The National Cancer Institute criticizes the decision to exclude cancer from the blood, giving its patients a higher priority than those with other forms of cancer, and asks the ministry to reconsider this decision.
Dulkys said Tuesday that all doctors are scheduled to be vaccinated in January and the entire population is expected to be vaccinated in 2021, but that will depend on how many vaccines are approved and how quickly they are available.
The vaccination was launched in Lithuania in December with a vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pfizer.
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