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Pressure on virus sampling remains high in Skåne. For those who had symptoms on Friday, there wasn’t a single free time anywhere until Tuesday, but despite a four-day wait, the test is still worth taking according to Smittskydd Skåne.
Next week, Region Skåne will have access to more laboratory capacity and more service stations will be opened. But right now there are no schedules to reserve. The image of the sampling station in Lund.
Next week, Region Skåne will have access to another laboratory that can analyze the results of the self-assessment tests. But whoever logged into 1177.se on Friday combed zero.
There are no schedules on the same day, not on Saturdays, Sundays and Monday. On Tuesday, however, there are many times to book everywhere.
Even though the Skåne Region opened a new drive-in theater in Gårdstånga this week and there are 50 self-test pharmacies and 10 sampling stations, that’s not enough at the moment.
Are Mondays locked for booking across Skåne?
“Monday is fully booked in the system, so no more orders can be placed. Individual pharmacies may have time left, but overall in Skåne, the limit of what the lab can receive that day has been reached. Therefore, additional orders will be blocked that day, ”answers Mattias Waldeck, assistant infection control physician in an email.
In 1177.se it is not even theoretically possible to book an appointment on Sundays, despite the fact that at that time there are several pharmacies open. Why?
“Not all pharmacies that are open on Saturdays / Sundays have the opportunity to offer the self-test delivery and reception service on weekends. The reservation system establishes the opening hours of each pharmacy in which you can collect and deliver the samples. “
“There are 11 pharmacies in Skåne that also have service from Saturday to Sunday. Apoteket AB is working to try to expand this even further. To offer more time, there is also a need for more laboratory capacity, which Skåne will have from next week ”.
Virus levels are at their highest just when you start having symptoms. Is it worth getting a virus test four days later?
“If you get sick today Friday, the first time off is in 4 days, that is, Tuesday, and it is still worth taking the test at that time.” Mattias Waldeck responds.
As the spread of infection in Skåne increases, the evidence has also increased. In the last week of October, almost 29,000 tests were performed, almost double in two months. The proportion of infected people has increased from a small percentage to ten percent of those sampled.
The results of health and care tests are analyzed in the Skåne Region’s own laboratory. The self-test is sent to an external laboratory. Skåne has been assigned another external laboratory and will open more sampling stations in the future.
But right now it is extremely important that only those who have symptoms of COVID-19 get tested, Mattias Waldeck emphasized at the region’s press conference this week.
– This is not an inexhaustible resource. You should not test yourself to see if you are not infected or if you have got rid of the virus, it is a misuse of capacity! he said.
