Coronavirus testing: What is the UK government's plan?
The director general of the World Health Organization , Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he had a"simple message" for all countries:"Test, test, test."So why is the UK not testing more people?
"Testing and contact tracing is critical - particularly in the early stages," according to Prof Mark Woolhouse, an infectious diseases expert at the University of Edinburgh."If you think the known cases are just the tip of the iceberg, and there are many more milder cases among people who don't present, then contact-tracing of the small fraction of cases that are visible won't do very much," he said.
He points to South Korea, where"active community surveillance" has been far more extensive and has had"a major impact on flattening the curve and relieving pressure on stretched health services".What are other countries doing?
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