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SPI-B: Testing for initiation of quarantine in contacts, 15 November 2020

Paper prepared by the Scientific Pandemic Insights Group on Behaviours (SPI-B).

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SPI-B: Testing for initiation of quarantine in contacts, 15 November 2020

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Paper by SPI-B on testing for initiation of quarantine in contacts. It was considered at SAGE 68 on 16 November 2020.

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