PARIS, March 20 — The lack of available tests for Covid-19 means the world is effectively fighting the pandemic blind and may not know the true extent of infection for months if not years, experts said yesterday. Because Covid-19 is so infectious — roughly 2.5 times that of the common cold —...
A nurse wearing protective gear takes a swab from a passenger at the Minsk National Airport, Belarus March 19, 2020. The sign reads 'The biggest casino' — Reuters pic
On Tuesday the British government conceded it was likely there were already more than 55,000 Covid-19 infections in the country, far higher than the more than 2,600 confirmed cases so far. While the number of undetected or non-symptomatic cases likely mean the virus is less deadly than initially feared, low detection rates are a huge problem for governments looking to slow the spread and reduce the strain on health systems.
World Health Organisation head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus echoed the sentiment on Monday with a simple message for all countries: “Test, test, test.” “Very early on they did aggressive testing and chased down cases through contact tracing, and very aggressively quarantining contacts,” she told AFP.
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