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

Some Western governments are turning to mass screening for the new coronavirus, hoping that promptly isolating more new carriers could halt its spread and let the gradual reopening of merchants, offices and factories.

With the financial value of lockdowns soaring and only faint indicators of a slowdown in bacterial infections, officers and researchers in Europe, adhering to the instance of South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan, are advocating the new technique.

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