Dr Miriam: Mass testing is the route out of lockdown and beating coronavirus

  • 📰 The Mirror
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 1 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 4%
  • Publisher: 51%

United Kingdom Headlines News

United Kingdom Latest News,United Kingdom Headlines

Countries like South Korea have shown what can be done with proper community testing and contact tracing in place

Mass testing of the country is not only the route out of lockdown, I believe it’s also the route to overcoming the Covid-19 pandemic.In Singapore and South Korea, aggressive programmes of community testing, contact tracing and isolation were crucial to early control of infection, reports Nick J Beeching of Liverpool University in the BMJ.Testing symptomatic patients for infection can be followed up with contact tracing and infection ­prevention.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 136. in UK

United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Dr Peter Tun obituaryOther lives: Doctor who trained medical graduates for their first NHS jobs 🙏🙏🙏🙏 🕊💙 This is a beautiful tribute. Love to his family.
Source: The Guardian - 🏆 84. / 53 Read more »

Italy to reopen borders from next month as lockdown finally easesThe move signals an end to one of Europe's longest and strictest coronavirus lockdowns. We are in full repression. We, in Italy, are in full dictatorship. People are dying for hunger. We cannot demonstrate peacefully. That's what happened today in Rome. Help Italy. Hi. Can anybody tell me if these will apply for UK citizens too? Can we enter freely? Even tho we left EU
Source: MetroUK - 🏆 13. / 82 Read more »

Are Italians losing faith in the EU?As Italy slowly emerges from coronavirus lockdown many citizens feel let down by the EU. China will rescue Italy They should be! EU was the worst decision ever made by a group of countries who no longer exist! Truly very sad. Finally other countries realise the EU is just another Hitler style group who want you to do everything that they want! Merkel and her friends numbers are up ! Finally being found out
Source: BBCNews - 🏆 3. / 97 Read more »

Five reasons to be optimistic about coronavirus and not let it ruin your weekendThere have been some progress since the lockdown began in March including a new antibody test, a date for schools to be reopened and developments in creating a coronavirus vaccine
Source: The Mirror - 🏆 136. / 51 Read more »

Golfer celebrates after hitting hole-in-one with first shot back after coronavirus lockdownA GOLFER hit a hole-in-one with his first shot back as lockdown eased. Ed Sandison teed up at the 176-yard, par-three first on Wednesday. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news &…
Source: TheSun - 🏆 64. / 61 Read more »

Coronavirus - all you need to know as public plan day trips after lockdown easedPeople are being asked to “think carefully” before visiting national parks and beaches on the first weekend since coronavirus lockdown measures were partially eased in England. You’re all going to get it 98.7 percent of people survive...take your shot. I’ll stay home
Source: The Mirror - 🏆 136. / 51 Read more »