Analysis

The positives and negatives of mass testing for coronavirus

By Jennifer Maclachlan, Benjamin Cowie
Updated May 18 2020 - 7:59pm, first published 11:30am
The COVID-19 drive through testing centre at EPIC, Canberra. Picture: Karleen Minney
The COVID-19 drive through testing centre at EPIC, Canberra. Picture: Karleen Minney

Many jurisdictions around the world are now testing people without symptoms as part of efforts to manage COVID-19. In Victoria, asymptomatic health-care workers have been part of the recent "testing blitz".

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