COVID-19 testing in Slovakia.
COVID-19 testing in Slovakia.
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10.1016/s1473-3099(20)30948-8
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2021-01
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斯洛伐克的传染病专家敦促政府放弃在全国范围内重复对数百万人进行严重急性呼吸道综合征冠状病毒2（SARS-CoV-2）检测的计划，因为他们警告说，这将是浪费资源，并对其有效性表示怀疑。该国成为国际头条新闻，因为在10月的最后一个周末，斯洛伐克当局对该国几乎所有成年人口进行了冠状病毒检测。在那个周末，在估计的400万目标人群中，共有360万人接受了检测，全国阳性率为1.06%。在接下来的周末，在选定的比率高于0.7%的地区重复测试。政府转向该计划是为了试图阻止病毒传播速度惊人，而经济成本高昂的为期3周的严格封锁是唯一的选择。总理伊戈尔·马托维奇于11月中旬宣布，将在12月的前三个周末进行进一步的全国范围内的检测。但在11月25日，他说测试被推迟了。这是在越来越多的人反对这些计划的情况下，包括政府自己的流行病咨询委员会的科学专家，他们说，虽然全国范围的测试是成功的，但进一步的测试将耗尽已经捉襟见肘的医务工作者的能力。相反，他们说，对特定的高风险社区进行定期检测会更有效，例如在感染率高的地方，学校，医院，养老院和关键的国家服务。Pavol Jarcuska是斯洛伐克天文学家协会主席，也是该委员会的成员。
Infectious disease experts in Slovakia have urged the government to abandon plans to repeat nationwide testing of millions of people for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) amid warnings it would be a waste of resources and doubts over its effectiveness. The country made international headlines as, over the last weekend of October, Slovak authorities tested almost all the country’s adult population for coronavirus. A total of 3· 6 million people—out of an estimated 4 million target population—were tested that weekend with a countrywide positivity rate of 1· 06%. Testing was repeated the following weekend in selected areas where the rate had been above 0· 7%. The government turned to the plan as a way of trying to halt what it said at the time was an alarming acceleration in the virus spread with an economically costly strict 3-week lockdown as the only alternative.Prime Minister Igor Matovic announced in mid-November that further nationwide testing would be carried out over the first three weekends of December. But on Nov 25, he said the testing was being postponed. This came amid growing opposition to the plans, including within the government’s own pandemic advisory commission of scientific experts who said that while the nationwide testing had been a success, further rounds would exhaust the already stretched capacity of medical workers. Instead, they said that it would be more effective to carry out regular testing of specific high-risk communities, such as in locations with high infection rates, schools, hospitals, care homes, and critical state services. Pavol Jarcuska, president of the Slovak Society of Infectologists and a member of the commission