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Letter: Blanket testing might beat covid-19 within weeks

Published 5 August 2020

From Graham Jones, Bridgham, Norfolk, UK

To avoid a coronavirus resurgence, the UK should follow the guidance of the World Health Organization and test more widely (18 July, p7). How about testing everyone every week and quarantine under supervision anybody who tests positive?

I estimate this could be done for about 2 per cent of the cost of furloughing 7 million people. This way, the UK could be free of covid-19 in a matter of weeks.

Issue no. 3294 published 8 August 2020

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