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A total of 15,000 randomly selected danes are invited to coronatest

15,000 danes will for august will be invited to be tested for whether they have or have had coronavirus. It happens, when the Statens Serum Institute resumes

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A total of 15,000 randomly selected danes are invited to coronatest

15,000 danes will for august will be invited to be tested for whether they have or have had coronavirus.

It happens, when the Statens Serum Institute resumes the so-called representative testing in a new form.

The state serum institute in a response to the news agency Ritzau.

the Tests, which should give a picture of the epidemic's development in a random sample of the population, was put on hold in June.

It turned out then, that very few of the summoned showed up, and allowed themselves to test.

for Example, let mere 12.9 percent of the public test for the corona virus, as the 31. may was called up to the test in the white tents in 16 cities across the country.

Now the institute is ready with a new setup, which must ensure a greater participation.

- It is planned to boot the invitation of 15,000 citizens to study from week 34. Here they will be offered testing for both current infection and the antibodies, writes professional director Kåre Mølbak in the written reply.

What is new is that this time will test the people for both current infection and antibodies.

- We hope and expect that the combination with the antibody test will be an incentive to participate, write serum institute in the answer.

Kåre Mølbak also writes that the representative surveys 'is not essential to follow the developments at the present time'.

- In the favourable situation, to which Denmark finds itself in, we consider, therefore, the representative surveys as a valuable supplement, but not a cornerstone in the monitoring of the epidemic, writes Kåre Mølbak.

Allan Randrup Thomsen, professor of virology at the University of Copenhagen, denmark.

He believes it is a good idea to test 15,000 danes for antibodies, so you can gain an impression of how many have been infected.

But when it comes to test of the same group for the current infection, the new setup according to the virologist a step backwards.

- It provides a snapshot, but not the continuous monitoring, which was put up in the original plan.

Here the objective was to perform representative testing on a weekly basis.

- So you get a bit of compromise with what science had been optimal, he says.

Then in June came forward, to the representative test had been put on pause, triggered the criticism of the government.

Among other things, from the Unity of the political rapporteur, Pernille Skipper.

- Extremely critical, to the minister of health has set of representative test for corona at the break.

- It is a clear premise that we can follow with smitteudviklingen and securely open up.

- And in addition, a clear-cut element of the political agreement. It will have to be done now, " wrote Pernille Skipper on Twitter.

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