Category: covid 19 en

I am an EU Official working at the European Parliament in Luxemburg and come in my parent’s home located in Belgium every weekend in order to take care of my elderly mother. I would like to be tested in order to avoid all contagion risk, even if I am being told that I have no symptoms except from a small dry cough (mostly when I speak). What about the asymptomatic carriers ? According to the Wort.Lu publication, these tests only have a validity of 70%. I have the opportunity to drive to one of the 3 drive-ins in Luxemburg to be tested and wait for the test result that will be sent to me by text message. I will then cross the border to head home, but is this reasonable? Am I putting my mother at risk ?I am an EU Official working at the European Parliament in Luxemburg and come in my parent’s home located in Belgium every weekend in order to take care of my elderly mother. I would like to be tested in order to avoid all contagion risk, even if I am being told that I have no symptoms except from a small dry cough (mostly when I speak). What about the asymptomatic carriers ? According to the Wort.Lu publication, these tests only have a validity of 70%. I have the opportunity to drive to one of the 3 drive-ins in Luxemburg to be tested and wait for the test result that will be sent to me by text message. I will then cross the border to head home, but is this reasonable? Am I putting my mother at risk ?

It is estimated that 40 to 50% of the infected patients are a or pauci-symptomatic. The screening test (PCR) detects the virus when located in the nasopharyngeal are (where the