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According to him, letters are currently being sent to selected individuals with invitations to investigate. In addition, rapid tests will be completed this week at the medical facilities where the tests will take place.
“The first people probably won’t be able to come this week, but we plan to start testing next week and testing will be in full swing,” he said.
“I can’t say how many letters have been sent now, but they are actually being sent, maybe someone has already received them. The process is fully underway,” explained the professor.
The research will be carried out for residents of the cities of Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda and the districts of Ukmergė, Tauragė and Zarasai. In total, the invitations are sent to 13 thousand. 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 scheduled to take about a month.
LSMU signed a population research agreement with the Ministry of Health on July 10. LSMU conducts research together with Vilnius University (VU).
It was previously planned that after receiving the population data from the Registry Center, the invitations would be sent to them at the end of July, but due to prolonged negotiations on the joint activity agreement, this deadline was postponed.
The joint activity agreement was signed by LSMU, VU and six medical institutions where the tests will take place: Vilnius Center Polyclinic, Ukmergė Hospital, Zarasai Primary Health Care Center, Tauragė Hospital, Republican Klaipėda Hospital and Kaunas Clinics.
“The Ministry of Health signed an agreement with LSMU on population research, and just last week a joint activity agreement was signed between six institutions, LSMU and our university. Vilnius University was obliged to receive data from the Registration Center, but we couldn’t do it without a contract, ”Vytautas Kasiulevičius, a researcher at the VU Medical School, told BNS.
“You know, six institutions, they also had their own opinions on how everything should be. This is a complex issue and it is clear that this alignment has taken time.” … We already received the data, everything was done in a few days “, added.
According to V. Kasiulevičius, all invitations to residents must be sent during this week at the latest.
Serological tests for COVID-19 will be performed on invited volunteers to determine what proportion of the population has been exposed to the coronavirus. They show antibodies formed in the body. These studies look at human blood.
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