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Number of tests required to flatten the curve of coronavirus disease-2019

Hwang, S.; Kim, J.-H.; Choe, Y. J.; Oh, D.-h.

2021-01-02 public and global health
10.1101/2020.12.26.20248818 medRxiv
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We developed a mathematical model to quantify the number of tests required to stop the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Our model analyses performed using the data from the U.S. suggest that the infection coefficient increases by approximately 47% upon relaxing the lockdown policy. To offset the effect of lockdown relaxation, the number of tests should increase by 2.25 times, corresponding to approximately 280,000-360,000 tests per day in April 2020.

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