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LSHTM: Daily testing of contacts – adherence, number of tests, speed of tracing, and missed tests, 11 March 2021

Paper prepared by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).

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LSHTM: Daily testing of contacts: adherence, number of tests, speed of tracing, and missed tests, 11 March 2021

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Paper by academics from LSHTM on daily contact testing. This paper was available for participants to read at SAGE 83 on 11 March 2021, but not considered or discussed in the meeting.

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

This paper is 1 of 4 papers informing the SPI-M-O: Statement on daily contact testing from SAGE 83, and should be read in that context. It should also be read alongside the other papers informing the statement on testing:

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 These documents have not been peer-reviewed and there is no restriction on authors submitting and publishing this evidence in peer-reviewed journals.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 April 2022