A first step is the introduction of mobile sampling teams. These are nine cars that travel around Skåne and where the healthcare staff is equipped with sampling and protective equipment.

The idea is that the mobile health care teams will take samples of housing for the elderly and disabled. In this way, people who show up to carry the infection can be quickly isolated and those who are not infected do not have to leave their accommodation.

- This is where we have our most fragile and vulnerable. It is important that we do not expose them to any risks, says Marie Olsson, head of operations for the mobile teams in a press release from Region Skåne.

Mobile emergency dental care

The second measure is mobile emergency dental care, which complements the special emergency dental unit for covid-19 sufferers in Malmö. The mobile emergency dentistry is aimed at covid-19 patients who cannot visit the emergency dental unit.

Region Skåne also announces that on Tuesday two trucks with comprehensive protective robes arrived by the region from the National Board of Health and Welfare.

- This is a welcome addition. Protective robes are something we have been lacking, but now we have so that we can do well, says Carl Vigre, regional emergency response consultant in the press release.