Coronavirus Testing

A traveller receives a test for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) at a pre-departure testing facility, as countries react to the new coronavirus Omicron variant, outside the international terminal at Sydney Airport in Sydney, Australia, 29 November, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS/Loren Elliott
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Test, test, test? Scientists question costly mass Covid checks

A Covid-19 rapid testing center in Taipei, on May 15. Photographer: I-Hwa Cheng/Bloomberg
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Taiwan promises quick fix to Covid testing issue after criticism

FILE PHOTO: A medical worker tests swabs for the novel coronavirus at the Microbiology department of North Devon District Hospital, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Barnstaple, Britain, June 3, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
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Boris Johnson pushes for Covid tests for all to help reopen economy

FILE PHOTO: A medical worker tests swabs for the novel coronavirus at the Microbiology department of North Devon District Hospital, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Barnstaple, Britain, June 3, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
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Tokyo asks China to stop anal swab tests for Covid-19 on Japanese citizens

A woman gets tested at a centre in Bratislava. Photo: AFP
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Slovakia begins mass virus testing in global first

HK researchers say Covid-19 stool tests may be more effective for infants
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HK researchers say Covid-19 stool tests may be more effective for infants

An exhibition hall that has been converted into a makeshift treatment facility to treat patients of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is pictured in Hong Kong, China August 1, 2020. REUTERS/Pak Yiu
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China sends team to Hong Kong to do widespread coronavirus testing

Philippines to ramp up coronavirus testing as Duterte warns of arrests
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Philippines to ramp up coronavirus testing as Duterte warns of arrests

The bioinformatics pipeline will help doctors determine the causes of infections that are not detectable by other tests. Photo: Collected
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

What about those who have symptoms yet not testing?

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Covid-19 in Bangladesh

People reluctant to test for Covid-19 in Brahmanbaria fearing social harassment

US President Donald Trump speaks at his first re-election campaign rally in several months in the midst of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, US, June 20, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis
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Trump urges slowdown in Covid-19 testing, calling it a 'double-edge sword'