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Increased Intensity Of PCR Testing Reduced COVID-19 Transmission Within Countries During The First Pandemic Wave – Health Affairs

Experts agree that reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing is critical in controlling coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), but decision-makers…

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No medication has proven effective in slowing transmission of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), which causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Lacking a vaccine, governments have relied on non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), including physical distancing, travel restrictions, and hygiene measures. After China sequenced and shared the viral genome, detection of active infection using reverse transcriptionpolymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing has been part of the response, extending beyond…

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