Some Nations Look to Mass Testing for Faster Way Out of Coronavirus Crisis

Some Western governments are turning to mass testing for the new coronavirus, hoping that speedily isolating more new carriers could halt its unfold and permit the gradual reopening of suppliers, workplaces and factories.

With the financial expense of lockdowns rising and only faint indicators of a slowdown in infections, officials and researchers in Europe, pursuing the illustration of South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan, are advocating the new approach.

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