Long queues a Bolzano and beyond 60 thousand reservations already carried out in the rest of the Province to carry out as a title volunteer and free on quick swab, Lo screening in mass in South Tyrol started with a huge influx of ai 184 principals scattered throughout the territory: the goal is to carry out 350mila tampons quick to control the entire population over the age of 5 years, excluding those who are regularly tested or who are just healed from the coronavirus. Participation is therefore crucial for the success of the screening, the only way not to “stay in lockdown until February“, Explained the councilor for health, Thomas Widmann, which convinced the junta he invested 3.5 million euros for the operation. From Friday to Sunday, from 8 to 18, all citizens and even people can take the test present on the provincial territory for reasons of work O studio even if not resident. Beyond 900 health workers are engaged in the 184 principals with 600 workstations.
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South Tyrol mass test
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Currently over 10 thousand South Tyroleans I am in quarantine, or the 2% of the population, although the whole Province is red zone dall” November 8 and some municipalities even earlier. “The screening in mass it is probably the last chance to regain control of the epidemiological trend in South Tyrol – underlined Widmann – to locate the asymptomatic and get a picture of the real situation“. The commissioner cited the example of Slovakia: “In case of broad participation, this will reduce the lockdown a few weeks“. After the mass test, the Province points to reopen gradually the schools from Tuesday, starting with nature ed elementary: “The reopening of schools is one absolute priority. The total closure should last as little as possible. But a date can only be indicated with i data in hand of mass screening, ”the governor explained Arno Kompatscher renewing its appeal to the participation: “It is a gesture of responsibility“.
In Slovakia the mass test covered more than 3 million and 600 thousand inhabitants (the 95% of the expected people) and took place between October 31st and November 1st. They had been found 38,359 positives which had to be isolated for 10 days. If on October 30 the cases ascertained in the country were 2573, on November 18 the daily infections were 1665. It’s still too soon – and the curve too fluctuating – to understand if the strategy has worked. The virologist of the University of Padua criticized this method, Andrea Crisanti: “It is potentially a waste of money because this type of tampon actually has a sensitivity problem. That is, it loses about 30 percent positives “. Crisanti explains that in his opinion “mass screening, why they are effective in contrast to the spread of covid, they must be repeated once a week for at least two or three times“.
The departure – In the meantime, however, it seems that the South Tyroleans have answered the call. In many parts of Bolzano in front of the principals, in almost all cases the traditional ones polling stations, were formed long queues. In the capital and in the other major municipalities, depending on the streets and the house number, ‘time windows’ have been assigned to take the test: if in fact participation is crucial for the success of the screening, at the same time it is essential to avoid the risk of gatherings. In the smaller municipalities the tests take place by appointment and by appointment and the general manager of the health company, Florian Zerzer, informed Ansa that 60,000 South Tyroleans have already booked for screening. Other long queues have been reported in Oltrisarco, as well as in Maia Alta (hamlet of Merano) and to Lagundo, another Municipality of Burgraviato. They also arrived in Bolzano three observers of the Austrian government per to study conducting mass screening.