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“Of the comunication [em 05 de dezembro] from the Prime Minister regarding what Christmas will be like, that is, on Monday and Tuesday, we had a large increase in requests for testsnamely, evidence of PCR and also testing antigen, for the 21, 22 and 23 of December“the president of the clinical diagnosis network told the Lusa news agency.
For Luís Menezes, this situation shows that “people see in tests a way to create an additional safeguard ”, in addition to the measures indicated by the Government.
A directorGeneral of Health, Graça Freitas, appealed, in a recent press conference on the COVID-19-19, so that the population does not carry out tests on their own initiative, having to wait for a request or medical advice.
Position supported by Luís Menezes, stating that diagnostic centers “are available to support public authorities and individuals individually in this request, but it is necessary to remember that everything that public health authorities say must be taken into account” . on the account “.
“A tests it can be seen as one more safeguard ”, but the Christmas dinner should be held with a small number of people, with physical distance and with the use of masks whenever possible.
Luís Menezes said that this situation was not surprising because there were already some questions about it, but he said that it was “not normal” for people to schedule the tests two weeks in advance and ask if they have the results until the 22nd or 24th. December.
The test of detection gives COVID-19-19 (PCR) are the most requested, they do not need a prescription, unlike rapid tests, which are “clearly contraindicated“because it has a very low sensitivity for people asymptomatiche said, stressing that “it is important for people to be aware that the test is not an absolute certainty that they are negative.”
The president of the National Association of Public Health Physicians, Ricardo Mexia, told Lusa that “it is important that people have the perception that the various measures and precautions they can take to prevent the spread of the disease are complementary ”and it is considered“ an interesting strategy ”to use tests to identify people who may be infected, But they are asymptomatic.
“It is a measure that I find interesting and that can also help reduce the risk of an exposure that is foreseeable during the holidays,” said Ricardo Mexia, noting that tests “It is not a question of allowing the reduction of other measures” that contribute to reducing risk, but of complementing them.
He pointed to the cost of testing as a condition and said that eventually there may be a supply problem, asking “to what extent will there be capacity for so many people to take the test in a very short period of time.”
For Ricardo Mexia, this is “one more example” that people are concerned and want to protect themselves and their loved ones.
The laboratory network SYNLAB has also been recording many RT test scoresPCR for this period, but associated with travel.
“Customers started contacting very early (from the beginning of December) for effect appointments also for the 24th of December, so that they can make their trips on the 26th of December“, advanced, without specifying the number of brands that were done.
Germano de Sousa laboratories have been contacted by some people asking if they are open at Christmas, but since they are working until the 24th and it is not necessary to make an appointment, they have not seen an increase yet.
“Probably on the 22nd people interested in taking the test will arrive, which is what matters in order to rest,” said pathologist Germano de Sousa, who predicts an increase in demand at that time.
A pandemic of COVID-19-19 has caused more than 1.5 million deaths worldwide since December last year, including 5,278 in Portugal.
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