“We expected it to fill quickly on December 23, as happened in less than 3 hours, but we were surprised that this morning all deadlines were met, including the first week in January 2021,” said the hospital director prof. Petr Arenberger.
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The hospital therefore doubled the collection time on Saturday, so it will offer examinations to 92 patients a day, but in the next 3 hours the capacity was exhausted for the whole month ahead with 1,500 orders.
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“It is understandable to come to the test just before Christmas and know that we will not infect our loved ones at Christmas dinner, but the motivation to book an examination on January 12, ie in a month, can only be speculated,” said spokeswoman Tereza Romanová.
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The antigen test is performed similarly to the nasopharyngeal swab PCR test. The examinee will find out the result within 20 minutes directly at the sampling site. If the test is positive, the diagnosis is confirmed by a standard PCR test.
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The problem is that a negative test result does not mean that the person in question does not have the virus, but only the probability. In addition, a person can become infected five minutes after the test.
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The Ministry of Health also offers tests throughout the Czech Republic on the website crs.uzis.cz, but you will not know for sure where they have time off.
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“Data on the utilization of consumption points are still incomplete. We are working on the addition on an ongoing basis, but cooperation from the providers of individual reservation systems of consumption points to the Central Reservation System is necessary. If capacity data is not available, please make a reservation directly according to the link in the detail of a specific consumption point, ”states the website.
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