Health care leader: "We are seeing a slow decline"

The press conference focused on the current state of the county health care and the sampling that is now taking place.

"We are seeing a slow decline in the infection, but we also see that we need to keep up with this extra capacity we have over the summer," says medical director Rickard Lundin.

Lundin emphasized that the county medical services have the capacity to receive all types of patients.

- But it is a pandemic that is ongoing and we must be prepared for an increase. We have to be very open and live in the present. What we are saying today may change in the future, says infection control physician Britt Åkerlind and continues with the usual call:

- If you are ill, you should be at home. The most important thing to do is to wash your hands.

Regarding the increased sampling that is now going on, Britt Åkerlind explained that there is a need to test both on a personal and a community level.

- It is partly about finding infected people who may need care, and partly to get a grip on the spread of the infection. Who is to be tested is determined by the medical care provider.

Sampling will be offered to those who are ill and have symptoms, as well as staff in health care and the elderly. Users within the care should also be tested.

The region will use two types of tests. One that shows if you are sick or not. The second is an antibody test that can be done three weeks after having symptoms of infection.

"However, it doesn't matter if you can get the infection again or if you are immune, so it is important to be careful," says Britt Åkerlind.

When it comes to the quick tests that are now on the market to buy, the infectious surgeon relies on the reliability of these.

"You have to be careful," says Britt Åkerlind.