Cornell: Group Testing Could Screen Entire US, Research Suggests
June 13, 2020
June 13, 2020
ITHACA, New York, June 13 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
A group testing approach proposed by a Cornell researcher, in which samples of COVID-19 tests are pooled and analyzed collectively, could potentially curtail the virus's spread through weekly testing of every household in the U.S., a simulation showed.
Assuming that 1% of Americans have the virus, the simulation found that weekly group testing could allow more than 90% of the country to safely re . . .
A group testing approach proposed by a Cornell researcher, in which samples of COVID-19 tests are pooled and analyzed collectively, could potentially curtail the virus's spread through weekly testing of every household in the U.S., a simulation showed.
Assuming that 1% of Americans have the virus, the simulation found that weekly group testing could allow more than 90% of the country to safely re . . .