Group Testing against COVID-19

Olivier Gossner ()
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Olivier Gossner: CNRS – CREST, Ecole polytechnique, and London School of Economics

No 2020-02, Working Papers from Center for Research in Economics and Statistics

Abstract: We show how group testing can be used in three applications to multiply the efficiency of tests against COVID-19: estimating virus prevalence, releasing group to the work force, and testing for individual infectious status. For an infection level around 2%, group testing could potentially allow to save 94% of tests in the first application, 95% in the second, and 85% in the third one.

Pages: 8 pages
Date: 2020-03-28
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