Mass testing hasn’t helped Europe as virus surges again
The European winter is coming, and labs are overwhelmed and people are not sticking to self-isolation or social-distancing
22 September 2020 - 11:16
Munich — When the coronavirus swept across Europe in its spring, overwhelming hospitals and killing thousands each day, only the sickest patients could be tested, leaving health officials in the dark about how widely Covid-19 had spread.
Six months on, with the virus surging again, authorities can point to dramatically expanded testing capacity. Britain alone carried out some 1.3-million tests in a recent week — a 20-fold increase from early April. France and Spain, Covid-19 hotspots, have likewise increased their capabilities...
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