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1/ Norway cancels its mass COVID testing program:
"Norway's health agency has abandoned plans to test broadly for coronavirus after judging that the spread of infection in the country is now so low that doing so would be pointless."
"Norway's health agency has abandoned plans to test broadly for coronavirus after judging that the spread of infection in the country is now so low that doing so would be pointless."
2/ Norway is more concerned about false positives:
"If 12,000 random people were tested in Norway today, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health estimated in a press release issued on Monday, 15 would test positive, of which only one would have a real coronavirus infection. "
"If 12,000 random people were tested in Norway today, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health estimated in a press release issued on Monday, 15 would test positive, of which only one would have a real coronavirus infection. "
3/ Norway adopts the Swedish/ Japanese approach to COVID testing. Their top two focuses:
1) Patient in need of hospitalization.
2) Patient or resident at an elderly care home or other health institution. https://www.thelocal.no/20200525/infection-rates-in-norway-too-low-to-justify-broad-testing
1) Patient in need of hospitalization.
2) Patient or resident at an elderly care home or other health institution. https://www.thelocal.no/20200525/infection-rates-in-norway-too-low-to-justify-broad-testing
