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dalton99a

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3. France launching "large scale" testing campaign to identify dormant infection clusters

Reply to D_Master81 (Reply #1)

Sat Jul 18, 2020, 09:43 AM

Jul 2020

France said on Thursday it was launching a "large scale" coronavirus testing campaign in a bid to identify any dormant infection clusters.

Some 1.3 million people in the Ile-de-France region, which includes Paris, will receive vouchers for a virus test, Health Minister Olivier Veran told Le Monde newspaper.

Even those who display no symptoms would be eligible, he said.

People who live near previous hotspots will be targeted in a bid to identify asymptomatic carriers who may be transmitting the virus without knowing it, said the minister.

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-06-france-large-scale-virus-campaign.html

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It pisses me off to no end that much of the rest of the world has been able to move on... [View all] DSandra Jul 2020 OP

Yeah but D_Master81 Jul 2020 #1

France launching "large scale" testing campaign to identify dormant infection clusters dalton99a Jul 2020 #3

They had rigorous testing programs. That how they beat the virus. brush Jul 2020 #5

+1. Not many people know that Vietnam is one of five countries that export test kits dalton99a Jul 2020 #6

Use the sarcasm thingie or folks will miss it. HotTeaBag Jul 2020 #9

The US is a shithole country with a shithole leader tulipsandroses Jul 2020 #2

That's it in a nutshell Yeehah Jul 2020 #13

We have the worse president at the worse possible time. brush Jul 2020 #4

if trump was running any of these countries, they'd be in the same situation we are spanone Jul 2020 #7

I wonder. HotTeaBag Jul 2020 #10

I think America's culture is a big part of the problem DSandra Jul 2020 #11

Well put - Rebel Culture Mr. Ected Jul 2020 #12

K&R, This shuts MAGA Cultist up the fastest if you just compare our populations and with India uponit7771 Jul 2020 #8