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Large‐scale national screening for Coronavirus Disease 2019 in China
Author(s) -
Fang Yaqing
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of medical virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9071
pISSN - 0146-6615
DOI - 10.1002/jmv.26173
Subject(s) - virology , covid-19 , coronavirus , china , scale (ratio) , medicine , geography , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak , cartography , archaeology , pathology
Faced with the new challenges in the pandemic control, imported coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) infections and asymptomatic infection, Chinese authorities have implemented new intervention measures—national large‐scale nucleic acid testing. This article summarizes the population who needs the nucleic acid testing, analyzes the current data of COVID‐19 testing capacity, concludes the timeline of coronavirus testing and suggests what needs to be done to facilitate the government large‐scale screening measures.