2020
DOI: 10.1056/nejmc2032361
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Rapid Response to an Outbreak in Qingdao, China

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“…To reduce the circulation of the virus in the population, SARS-CoV-2 carriers need to be identified rapidly and isolated as soon as possible, ideally before the onset of symptoms. When the virus has disseminated throughout a whole country, massive testing becomes of utmost urgent importance to combat the pandemic [2][3][4] .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…To reduce the circulation of the virus in the population, SARS-CoV-2 carriers need to be identified rapidly and isolated as soon as possible, ideally before the onset of symptoms. When the virus has disseminated throughout a whole country, massive testing becomes of utmost urgent importance to combat the pandemic [2][3][4] .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A number of small outbreaks in a few cities were rapidly controlled through intense public health measures. The latest outbreaks took place in the cities of Kashgar (Xinjiang Province) and in Qingdao (Shandong Province) in October 2020; they were controlled by aggressive public health measures including testing of some 5 million and 10 million population, respectively, within a few days [ 39 , 40 ]. SARS-CoV-2 surveillance and COVID-19 control measures continue in China through intensive TTT measures.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…False‐positive COVID‐19 results were criticized in a nonscientific manner, 3 and scant discussion addressed the importance of external quality assessment schemes from the third party, which are necessary to prevent technical errors and reagent or laboratory contamination 5 . Scientific evidence, and COVID‐19 data reported in Australia, New Zealand, China, and several other countries that achieved COVID‐19 elimination or containment could evidently reject this factitious argument 3,6 . Regarding sensitivity, there are several reasons to bring negative results among infected individuals, and RT‐PCR test has been clinically used to rule‐in COVID‐19 cases 5 .…”
Section: A Puzzling Controversy In Japan: Access To Testing and Perfomentioning
confidence: 99%