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Understanding reported COVID-19 cases in England following changes to testing, between November 2021 and April 2022

2022-06-29 epidemiology Title + abstract only
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BackgroundOver the course of the pandemic, testing policies for SARS-CoV-2 have varied considerably in England, particularly in the five months up to 1 April 2022 when free community testing ended. We described the trends and demographics of COVID-19 cases during this period. MethodsCOVID-19 cases reported between 15 November 2021 and 30 April 2022 were extracted and aggregated by testing pillar: Pillar 1 for those tested within the NHS, private or public health laboratories, and Pillar 2 for c...

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