There is capacity to do 100,000 coronate tests every week in Sweden. When Social Minister Lena Hallengren (S) was asked by SVT News about why only one third of the tests are done, she bounced it over to the country's regions.

- What Lena Hallengren says is that there is a national test capacity that is now probably up to 100,000 tests a week. But it is not enough to have lab capacity, there must also be logistics around testing so many people, says Emma Spak, section manager of the department of care and care at SKR.

"Completely different type of sampling"

It is risk groups and people who are admitted to care that belong to the first priority group to be tested. Group 2 includes staff in care and care, and priority group 3, the group in which the testing is mainly stepped up at present, includes staff in other socially important activities.

Among those who are not hospitalized, tests are done at home, or at test stations that can be reached by car.

- It is a completely different type of sampling than you usually have. Getting both the practical logistics and getting digital systems to work, that someone receives the test answers and notifies the one who has been tested, is a fairly complex chain. The regions started to build this up early, but it takes time so you can't get everything in place immediately, says Emma Spak.

Be unclear about the economy in the beginning

Emma Spak believes we will see an increased amount of sampling going forward.

The fact that the Public Health Authority's strategy for who should be tested, when to test and what the test answers should be used for, has been important for the regions' work, says Emma Spak. The economic part, that the regions receive state support for testing, has also been an important puzzle piece.

- There have been uncertainties around the economy in the past. It is one thing to say that all costs will be borne, but in the end it must be clarified how it should go and how the regions can seek funding. Last week it was debated how it should work, up to and including prio group 3, says Emma Spak.