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Tony Blair: Mass testing of population for COVID-19 essential to prevent second lockdown – Yahoo News Australia
The former prime minister said only testing people with symptoms was not enough.
A mass testing regime is needed to avoid a second coronavirus lockdown, Tony Blair has said.
The former prime minister said testing the general population for COVID-19 is the only way to control its spread in the absence of a vaccine or effective treatment.
Blair told Times Radio on Tuesday: On some estimates, 70% of people with the disease are asymptomatic, so if you are only testing people with symptoms you are losing the majority of people from your testing strategy.
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