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Luxembourg recorded the highest testing rate per capita in Europe for the week starting 20 July, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
With 10,659 tests per 100,000 inhabitants during week 30 of the pandemic, the grand duchy’s wide-scale testing programme recorded a rate 5.7 times higher than the country that came in second place, the ECDC wrote in a report issued on 10 August.
“Large-scale testing is key to controlling transmissions within a population, to ensure comprehensive contact tracing and as a basis for effective surveillance. Test results help guide decisions to implement public health measures. Testing on a large scale is crucial to rapidly identify local outbreaks and thus avoid risk mitigation measures applicable to the entire population,” the report explained.
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Luxembourg recorded the highest testing rate per capita in Europe for the week starting 20 July, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
With 10,659 tests per 100,000 inhabitants during week 30 of the pandemic, the grand duchy’s wide-scale testing programme recorded a rate 5.7 times higher than the country that came in second place, the ECDC wrote in a report issued on 10 August.
“Large-scale testing is key to controlling transmissions within a population, to ensure comprehensive contact tracing and as a basis for effective surveillance. Test results help guide decisions to implement public health measures. Testing on a large scale is crucial to rapidly identify local outbreaks and thus avoid risk mitigation measures applicable to the entire population,” the report explained.
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
https://www.scoop.it/topic/luxembourg-europe/?&tag=Coronavirus
https://www.scoop.it/topic/luxembourg-europe/?&tag=ECDC