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COVID-19 epidemic in Switzerland: on the importance of testing, contact tracing and isolation

Salathé, Marcel and Althaus, Christian L. and Neher, Richard and Stringhini, Silvia and Hodcroft, Emma and Fellay, Jacques and Zwahlen, Marcel and Senti, Gabriela and Battegay, Manuel and Wilder-Smith, Annelies and Eckerle, Isabella and Egger, Matthias and Low, Nicola. (2020) COVID-19 epidemic in Switzerland: on the importance of testing, contact tracing and isolation. Swiss Medical Weekly, 150. w20225.

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Abstract

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.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Biozentrum > Computational & Systems Biology > Computational Modeling of Biological Processes (Neher)
UniBasel Contributors:Neher, Richard A and Hodcroft, Emma
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:EMH Schweizerischer Ärzteverlag
ISSN:1424-7860
e-ISSN:1424-3997
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
Language:English
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