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Testing and tracing: variations across countries

Barbara McPake explores the realities behind some of the case numbers and the highly varied country approaches to testing.

In this video, Professor Barbara McPake explores what affects a country’s approach to testing and tracing, and why these vary considerably across settings. It also looks at why it is hard to directly compare case and testing numbers for COVID-19 across countries. Finally, this video takes a detailed look at four very different country approaches to testing.

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COVID-19: Global Health Perspectives

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