Slovakia to test all adults for SARS-CoV-2

[...]questions remain about the effectiveness and safety of an operation that was only announced 2 weeks before it was due to begin, with some infectious disease experts warning that the plan could put people's health at risk and undermine public trust in measures to contain the virus's sp...

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Published in:The Lancet 2020-10, Vol.396 (10260), p.1386-1387
Main Author: Holt, Ed
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Antigens
Betacoronavirus
Clinical Laboratory Techniques - standards
Clinical Laboratory Techniques - statistics & numerical data
Coronavirus Infections - diagnosis
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 Testing
Disease transmission
Humans
Infections
Infectious diseases
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral - diagnosis
Population
Quarantine
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Slovakia
Social distancing
Viral diseases
Viruses
World Report
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Summary:[...]questions remain about the effectiveness and safety of an operation that was only announced 2 weeks before it was due to begin, with some infectious disease experts warning that the plan could put people's health at risk and undermine public trust in measures to contain the virus's spread. Anyone testing positive must remain in strict self-isolation at their home for 10 days, or they can go to a quarantine facility provided by the state. Leaders of the country's ruling coalition government have backed the mass testing as the best way to combat the increasing spread of the disease. [...]members of the government's advisory team of medical and scientific experts are adamant that mass testing will be a key tool in reversing the upward trend in infections and point to what they say was the success of the pilot testing.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32261-3