Rapid antigen test

Ljubljana/Novo Mesto/Velenje/Domžale/Cerknica – Community health centres around the country will provide rapid antigen testing starting on Monday, coinciding with the testing of teachers at schools for children with special needs a day before they return to classrooms.

Ljubljana – Slovenia logged 1,783 coronavirus cases on Thursday from 12,423 PCR and antigen tests combined. The combined positivity rate remained level on the day before, standing at 14.3%. So did the positivity rate for PCR tests alone, at 26.3% – 5,187 PCR tests were performed, resulting in 1,363 new confirmed infections. 28 Covid-19 patients died.

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GPs will give referrals for antigen tests and make them

By 21 December, the recognition of antigen tests will begin, they will be equated with PCR tests and will be covered by the statistics. This transpired from the words of the Health Minister Prof . Kostadin Angelov. The commission of experts at the Ministry of Health is expected to have completed its work by then.

With a groundbreaking new virus test available at check-in, with speedy results, Turkish-German joint venture SunExpress is looking to take the worry out of air travel in the age of coronavirus.

The municipality of Athens has launched a drive to test the city's homeless population for SARS-CoV-2 and prevent an outbreak.

The streetwork teams of the municipality's Center for Reception and Solidarity (KYADA) carry out daily rapid antigen tests and take the temperature of dozens of people.

The Development Ministry on Monday announced Greece's first locally produced rapid antigen test for the novel coronavirus, hailing its development as a "major success."

A part of a 2.9-million-euro research program funded by the ministry, the test is the result of cooperation between six research centers and four universities.

The government will set a maximum price for molecular PCR and rapid antigen tests carried out in private clinics and laboratories, the Secretary General for Trade and Consumer Protection, Panagiotis Stampoulidis, announced on Friday.

President Klaus Iohannis said today that the coronavirus testing capacity remained unchanged this month at around 50,000 tests a day, because the upper limit has been reached, and that the limitation is doubled by the lack of equipment and specialized personnel.