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Swiss Med Wkly. 2020 Mar 19;150:w20225. doi: 10.4414/smw.2020.20225. eCollection 2020 Mar 9.
COVID-19 epidemic in Switzerland: on the importance of testing, contact tracing and isolation.
Salath? M[SUP]1[/SUP], Althaus CL[SUP]2[/SUP], Neher R[SUP]3[/SUP], Stringhini S, Hodcroft E, Fellay J[SUP]4[/SUP], Zwahlen M[SUP]2[/SUP], Senti G[SUP]5[/SUP], Battegay M[SUP]6[/SUP], Wilder-Smith A[SUP]7[/SUP], Eckerle I[SUP]8[/SUP], Egger M[SUP]2[/SUP], Low N[SUP]2[/SUP].
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Switzerland is among the countries with the highest number of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) cases per capita in the world. There are likely many people with undetected SARS-CoV-2 infection because testing efforts are currently not detecting all infected people, including some with clinical disease compatible with COVID-19. Testing on its own will not stop the spread of SARS-CoV-2. Testing is part of a strategy. The World Health Organization recommends a combination of measures: rapid diagnosis and immediate isolation of cases, rigorous tracking and precautionary self-isolation of close contacts. In this article, we explain why the testing strategy in Switzerland should be strengthened urgently, as a core component of a combination approach to control COVID-19.
PMID:32191813DOI:10.4414/smw.2020.20225
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COVID-19 epidemic in Switzerland: on the importance of testing, contact tracing and isolation.
Salath? M[SUP]1[/SUP], Althaus CL[SUP]2[/SUP], Neher R[SUP]3[/SUP], Stringhini S, Hodcroft E, Fellay J[SUP]4[/SUP], Zwahlen M[SUP]2[/SUP], Senti G[SUP]5[/SUP], Battegay M[SUP]6[/SUP], Wilder-Smith A[SUP]7[/SUP], Eckerle I[SUP]8[/SUP], Egger M[SUP]2[/SUP], Low N[SUP]2[/SUP].
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Switzerland is among the countries with the highest number of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) cases per capita in the world. There are likely many people with undetected SARS-CoV-2 infection because testing efforts are currently not detecting all infected people, including some with clinical disease compatible with COVID-19. Testing on its own will not stop the spread of SARS-CoV-2. Testing is part of a strategy. The World Health Organization recommends a combination of measures: rapid diagnosis and immediate isolation of cases, rigorous tracking and precautionary self-isolation of close contacts. In this article, we explain why the testing strategy in Switzerland should be strengthened urgently, as a core component of a combination approach to control COVID-19.
PMID:32191813DOI:10.4414/smw.2020.20225
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