Many want to know their status and realise that 'testing' cannot only slow transmission but also help regain some normality if used to guide 'reopening".
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Media Source: Dawn (Pakistan)
Date: 15 June 2020
Gijs Walraven, Director of the Aga Khan Health Services; El-Nasir Lalani, Founding Director of the Aga Khan University Centre for Regenerative Medicine in Pakistan and Fawzia Rasheed, policy analyst, write that calls for "testing" are understandable. Many want to know their status and realise that "testing" cannot only slow…
Gijs Walraven, Director of the Aga Khan Health Services; El-Nasir Lalani, Founding Director of the Aga Khan University Centre for Regenerative Medicine in Pakistan and Fawzia Rasheed, policy analyst, write that calls for "testing" are understandable. Many want to know their status and realise that "testing" cannot only slow transmission but also help regain some normality if used to guide "reopening". And yet, there is widespread confusion around what tests are available and their benefits. Just because one can get a test, it does not mean one should invariably go for it.