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SUBMITTER: Hengel B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7758179 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hengel Belinda B Causer Louise L Matthews Susan S Smith Kirsty K Andrewartha Kelly K Badman Steven S Spaeth Brooke B Tangey Annie A Cunningham Phillip P Saha Amit A Phillips Emily E Ward James J Watts Caroline C King Jonathan J Applegate Tanya T Shephard Mark M Guy Rebecca R
The Lancet. Infectious diseases 20201224 7
The COVID-19 pandemic is growing rapidly, with over 37 million cases and more than 1 million deaths reported by mid-October, 2020, with true numbers likely to be much higher in the many countries with low testing rates. Many communities are highly vulnerable to the devastating effects of COVID-19 because of overcrowding in domestic settings, high burden of comorbidities, and scarce access to health care. Access to testing is crucial to globally recommended control strategies, but many communitie ...[more]