Research and analysis

Rapid testing strategies for traced contacts: comparing quarantine, quarantine and testing, and daily testing, 16 November 2020

Paper prepared by academics on behalf of the Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases (CMMID) COVID-19 working group.

• From: Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies
• Published: 8 January 2021

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Rapid testing strategies for traced contacts: comparing quarantine, quarantine and testing, and daily testing - 16 November 2020

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Paper on rapid testing strategies for traced contacts; comparing quarantine, quarantine and testing, and daily testing. It was considered at SAGE 68 on 16 November 2020.

The paper is the assessment of the evidence at the time of writing. As new evidence or data emerges, SAGE updates its advice accordingly.

These documents are released as pre-print publications that have provided the government with rapid evidence during an emergency. These documents have not been peer-reviewed and there is no restriction on authors submitting and publishing this evidence in peer-reviewed journals.

Published 8 January 2021