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The Maribor Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and the University Meical Centre Maribor are involved in a project that will make it possible to recycle rapid antigen tests. The single-use Covid-19 tests are currently treated as hazardous waste and incinerated, wasting €15,000 per million tests in plastic and gold.

Can you get a green certificate for antibodies? Maybe it depends on how persistent you are and how many times you try.

UNTOLD, a European EDM leading festival running in Cluj-Napoca between September 9 - 12, is the first event in Romania where access will be allowed exclusively based on the EU digital COVID-19 certificate or on rapid antigen testing, the organizers announced.

Ljubljana – The government has decided to launch a free-of-charge testing campaign near border crossings with Italy. Rapid antigen testing will be available from Wednesday for commuters, students being schooled across the border and owners of property across the border.

"When it comes to testing children we first consult with the parents who are our main and most important partner. To see what their attitudes are in general in terms of whether it makes sense to test children with antigen tests", Greta Gancheva, Director of the "Inclusive Education" Directorate with the Ministry of Education told Nova TV.

Ljubljana – The Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices has decided to carry out an extraordinary inspection of the suitability of the rapid antigen tests the Health Ministry purchased in December from the company Majbert Pharm. The decision comes after suspicion has been raised in the public about the reliability of these tests.

Ljubljana – Children with special needs will return to classrooms today after nearly three months of remote schooling. After employees were tested for coronavirus, it is expected that the majority of these specialised schools open for in-class instruction.

The loss of sense of smell is forecast for a mild course of the novel coronavirus infection, Prof. Todor Kantardzhiev, Director of the National Center for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, said as quoted by Focus Agency.

He explained that usually COVID infection develops more slowly and its incubation period is longer.

People no longer want to make PCR tests since antigen tests are available, President of the Association of General Practitioners in Sofia Region Dr. Viktoria Chobanova said on BNR.

She explained that many of them make tests at home without notifying a doctor.

Prof. Iva Hristova, Deputy Director of the National Center for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases commented on the different type of tests.

PCR and antigen tests are by no means the same. PCR tests are much more sensitive and specific, which is why they have been used as the "gold standard" so far and were the only ones that we could rely on.