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Remote Laboratory Management: Respiratory Virus Diagnostics
Published on: April 6, 2019
Real-time digital data of international passengers will shine in the precaution of epidemics
1MOE Key Laboratory For Biodiversity Science And Ecological Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100091, China.
Abstract:
International movement plays an important role in spatial spread of infectious diseases. Here, we share two successful COVID-19 interventions based on real-time digital information collected from international passengers, which have been performed in Greece and China respectively. Both of the interventions demonstrated good performance and showed the potential of real-time digital data in containing the spread. However, several key points should not be ignored when we promote similar strategies.
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