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Strategies to Control the Pandemic
3. TTT Program

I. The Role of Testing While Waiting for a Cure and a Vaccine

Factors need to be in place to achieve this goal:

Healthcare capacity and resources need to be increased to ensure safe and effective management of “future” severe cases

Understand the virus better:

The incubation period and infectiousness of the disease at different stages

The extent of asymptomatic spread

Immunity and its duration in those who contracted the virus and

The impact of changes in temperature on the disease spread

Widespread testing, including cases with no or only mild symptoms, are key components of the post-lockdown strategy