The first 500 Bucharesters will be tested on Wednesday for COVID-19 antibodies within a programme meant to determine to which extent the novel virus has spread at the Capital level, General Mayor Gabriela Firea announced.
The testing within the programme called "Sunt imun la COVID" ("I am immune to COVID") will take place on the National Arena. The online registration continues on https://assmb.ro/page/testareanticorpi.
According to the PMB, the persons tested within this programme, voluntarily, are inhabitants of the Capital, selected through the sampling method in a number proportional to the size of the district which they live in. The results will be found, at the end, in the study carried out by the "Professor Doctor Matei Bals" Institute of Infectious Diseases.
"The sampling method was drafted by the European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET), in collaboration with the district city halls of the Capital," the release mentions.
The programme is carried out based on a collaboration between the "Matei Bals" Institute of Infectious Diseases, the PMB, the Administration of Hospitals and Medical Services Bucharest (ASSMB) and the six district city halls. The Capital City Hall, through the ASSMB, ensures, together with the district city halls, the logistic support of the testing: the acquisition of tests, the organization of the necessary space at the National Arena and the participation of the medical staff. Sanitation measures are taken at the end of each testing day.