The new crown detection overload has between Germany and Germany to tighten testing standards

Science and Technology Daily (Reporter Li Shan) recently, Germany within 24 hours of the new crown virus infection cases reached a new high, at the same time, Germany's new crown detection capacity is close to the limit, a week backlog of samples has nearly 100,000, had to adjust the test standards, focusing on the detection of people with symptoms and a history of epidemiological exposure.
, Germany's new crown detection mainly relies on so-called polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing. It can detect the genetic material of the virus more accurately, but the testing process is relatively complex, and samples must be collected by medically trained personnel and tested in a laboratory with the appropriate equipment. There are currently 161 laboratories in Germany that can conduct about 1.6 million new crown tests a week, twice as many as in March, when the outbreak began.
the number of new infections, laboratories are increasingly unable to keep up with testing requirements. Over the past two weeks, there has been a sharp backlog of test samples. According to data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) of the German Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 69 laboratories had reported difficulties in the previous week, bringing the total backlog of samples pending inspection to 98,931. In addition, 55 laboratories reported reagent and consumables replenishment difficulties.
since the outbreak began, laboratory staff have been working seven days a week and are technically well-trained and cannot be easily replaced," RKI stressed. "And with winter just around the corner, it's expected that there will be an absence due to illness." This means that laboratory overload will continue in the short term.
6, RKI updated Germany's "new crown detection strategy", adjusted the standard recommendations for doctors, in fact, to further improve the threshold of new crown testing, not easy to detect people with cold symptoms, but focus on the detection of people with symptoms and a history of epidemiological exposure.
, vice-chairman of the RKI, explains that as the number of cases increases and limited testing capabilities make it increasingly difficult to test for new crowns for all people with cold symptoms. If tested, more than 3 million tests will be carried out each week. This is neither necessary nor necessary. Factors to consider for testing should include: symptoms, high-risk population, exposure to the virus. The "primary goal" of the new strategy is to treat new cases of coronavirus infection with symptoms, protect particularly vulnerable groups, such as the elderly or people with weakened immune systems, and contain the wave of infection as effectively as possible.