In Västra Götaland, sick leave has also delayed the delivery of certain testing kits to the health centers, which are primarily responsible for testing.
Now the region is trying to relocate the lab capacity.
- We test but have problems with response times that are significantly longer than we want.
The median time for answers is between 60 and 70 hours, we prefer to give answers between 24 and 48 hours, says Björn Johansson.
- It can make infection tracking more difficult.
Stockholm is scaling up
Also in the Stockholm Region, the number of people who want to test themselves has a clear impact on the business.
Now the capacity will increase rapidly.
- Right now there is a very high pressure on the tests.
You scale up to meet demand, says Marcus Hagström, press secretary at Karolinska University Hospital.
Longer wait in Skåne
Those who normally test themselves in Region Skåne should receive their test results on the same day, but the increased spread of infection means that today you have to wait two to three days, says Richard Davidsson, responsible for testing in Skåne.
“The queues are due to the fact that the increasing spread of infection in society means that more people are getting tested.
The procured suppliers who handle the self-sampling have had difficulty scaling up the testing at the same high pace as demand has increased. ”
he writes to SVT Nyheter and continues:
“The reasons are several: that the sampling stations have difficulty finding staff, that the places can no longer accommodate car traffic and that pharmacies have a limit on how many customers you can handle in the store.
Furthermore, we have had more public holidays in recent weeks, which contributes to lower test capacity.
We work intensively with suppliers and the Swedish Public Health Agency to increase capacity. ”
Västerbotten: A record number want to be tested
According to Therese Thunberg, acting infection control doctor in the Västerbotten Region, the region is able to maintain the test capacity.
Still.
- We are strong with the testing but there are many who try themselves.
Yesterday we probably had a record for taking sampling kits, then there were over 5,000 who picked up in one day.
On Mondays, we are usually at just over 2,000, she says.
- Last week, the number of cases in the county more than doubled compared to the week before, so we expect to get significantly more this week.
We have a capacity, but it is not infinite.
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Many people queued at Kvillebäcken on Hisingen in Gothenburg on Monday morning.
Photo: Hanna Nyberg / SVT