The Xunta announces a wide epidemiological study which will begin to be held next week to determine the real scope of the coronavirus in Galicia. 51,000 people will be tested, and four weeks after the end of this first wave, another 51,000 Galicians will be tested.
Total, 100,000 Galicians will be tested, the Galician Statistics Institute is in charge of preparing the size of the test among people with a health card. The selection will be random and It will be done by criteria of sex, age and geographical area in which you reside. Participation is voluntary.
SERGAS will be in charge of doing the tests. Each health center will contact by phone with the people selected to participate in the study that it intends to conclude. what is the real scope of the pandemic, and the number of immune people.
A finger stick will be performed, in 15 minutes the result of the test will be known, although the SERGAS will not communicate it to the patient until after 48 hours. In addition, the Xunta council has approved the distribution of another 1,750 computers among Galician students, and 1,100 supply and supply contracts worth 413 million euros are reactivated.
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