Health
Could rapid result low sensitivity SARS-CoV-2 tests improve pandemic quarantine strategies? – News-Medical.Net
Researchers in the USA have re-examined current testing and quarantining regimens for SARS-CoV-2. They suggest that the RT-PCR method and 14-day isolation rule…
Quarantining potentially infected individuals is a widely used approach for controlling the spread of viruses and other infectious pathogens. Even in the case of the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a 14-day quarantine has been recommended by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO). This is based on our current understanding of the virus’s…
Continue Reading
