Weekly COVID-19 testing with household quarantine and contact tracing is feasible and would probably end the epidemic

The COVID-19 epidemic can probably be ended and normal life restored, perhaps quite quickly, by weekly SARS-CoV-2 RNA testing together with household quarantine and systematic contact tracing. Isolated outbreaks could then be contained by contact tracing, supplemented if necessary by temporary local...

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Main Authors: Julian Peto, James Carpenter, George Davey Smith, Stephen Duffy, Richard Houlston, David J. Hunter, Klim McPherson, Neil Pearce, Paul Romer, Peter Sasieni, Clare Turnbull
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2020-06-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.200915