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Already next week, at the points where PCR smear tests are performed, it will also be possible to perform an antigen test - said Deputy He alth Minister Waldemar Kraska in a statement for radio Jedynka.
The deputy he alth minister was asked in Radio Jedynka about what - in the context of expanding test sites to include pharmacies - should be done by a patient suspecting a coronavirus infection. "Our strategy for fall and winter, the fight against the coronavirus in the fifth wave, includes increasing the amount of testing. This is very important with such a high contagiousness of this virus" - noted Deputy Minister Kraska.
He said the test can be performed in pharmacies from Thursday. "At the moment, 137 pharmacies have joined this program. We can see that from hour to hour and from day to day, there will be more of these pharmacies" - he said, reminding that the test can be performed at a pharmacy without a referral.
"Apart from the fact that we have included the pharmacy in mass testing,next week we will launch the possibility of performing antigen tests at swab points, where swabs for PCR tests are taken at the moment " - he announced .
He noted thatin the swabbing points antigen tests will be performed without referral . As he explained, it will be required to complete a short form.