Covid-19 mass testing facilities could end the epidemic rapidly
Centrally organised facilities with the capacity to test the entire UK population weekly (in 6 days at 10 million tests per day) can be made available much more quickly and cheaply than a vaccine, probably within weeks. Only laboratories that do PCR routinely would participate, subject to central qu...
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Published in | BMJ (Online) Vol. 368; p. m1163 |
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Abstract | Centrally organised facilities with the capacity to test the entire UK population weekly (in 6 days at 10 million tests per day) can be made available much more quickly and cheaply than a vaccine, probably within weeks. Only laboratories that do PCR routinely would participate, subject to central quality control and at cost price. Contacts of positive people who test negative could choose continued home quarantine or, at little extra risk, choose to join a group of up to 10 test-negative contacts (usually with other family members). |
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AbstractList | Centrally organised facilities with the capacity to test the entire UK population weekly (in 6 days at 10 million tests per day) can be made available much more quickly and cheaply than a vaccine, probably within weeks. Only laboratories that do PCR routinely would participate, subject to central quality control and at cost price. Contacts of positive people who test negative could choose continued home quarantine or, at little extra risk, choose to join a group of up to 10 test-negative contacts (usually with other family members). |
Author | Peto, Julian |
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