Rapid Testing, Contact Tracing Could Reduce COVID-19 Transmission By 80%
- 4 years ago
Quick turnaround of test results and contact tracing improve the odds of successfully limiting COVID-19 spread.
By providing test results within one day, communities might be able to reduce onward transmission.
It also helps save 80% of the people with whom patients have come into contact with.
It also helps reduce the spread of the virus by 80% per COVID-19 patient, reports UPI.
Contact tracing is a public health approach used to contain the spread of infectious diseases.
This is by attempting to track people who could have been exposed to an infected person.
By providing test results within one day, communities might be able to reduce onward transmission.
It also helps save 80% of the people with whom patients have come into contact with.
It also helps reduce the spread of the virus by 80% per COVID-19 patient, reports UPI.
Contact tracing is a public health approach used to contain the spread of infectious diseases.
This is by attempting to track people who could have been exposed to an infected person.