South Africa’s COVID-19 testing strategy needs urgent fixing: here’s how to do it
Marc Mendelson, University of Cape Town and Shabir Madhi, University of the Witwatersrand The COVID-19 epidemic in South Africa is now in its exponential phase. Cases are rapidly increasing in many areas. This is most apparent in the Western Cape province, which could be due to higher rates of testing per capita, coupled with a more selective testing strategy than in other provinces. The doubling time of mortality in the […]