Is the Testing System No Longer Effective for Coronavirus Disease 2019? Elucidating the Policy Change in the United Kingdom

Various studies have reported the vaccine’s efficacy against coronavirus disease 2019; however, there has been little discussion regarding the test frequency since the emergence of the Omicron strain. In this context, the United Kingdom has abolished its free testing program. Our analysis revealed t...

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Autores principales: Kaneda, Yudai, Tanimoto, Tetsuya, Takahashi, Kenzo, Akashima, Shiori, Ozaki, Akihiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Japan Medical Association 2022
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Opinion
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9908411/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36793530
http://dx.doi.org/10.31662/jmaj.2022-0143
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author Kaneda, Yudai
Tanimoto, Tetsuya
Takahashi, Kenzo
Akashima, Shiori
Ozaki, Akihiko
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description Various studies have reported the vaccine’s efficacy against coronavirus disease 2019; however, there has been little discussion regarding the test frequency since the emergence of the Omicron strain. In this context, the United Kingdom has abolished its free testing program. Our analysis revealed that the decrease in case fatality rate was heavily influenced by vaccination coverage rather than the testing frequency. However, the effectiveness of testing frequency should not be underestimated and therefore needs further validation.
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spelling pubmed-99084112023-02-14 Is the Testing System No Longer Effective for Coronavirus Disease 2019? Elucidating the Policy Change in the United Kingdom Kaneda, Yudai Tanimoto, Tetsuya Takahashi, Kenzo Akashima, Shiori Ozaki, Akihiko JMA J Opinion Various studies have reported the vaccine’s efficacy against coronavirus disease 2019; however, there has been little discussion regarding the test frequency since the emergence of the Omicron strain. In this context, the United Kingdom has abolished its free testing program. Our analysis revealed that the decrease in case fatality rate was heavily influenced by vaccination coverage rather than the testing frequency. However, the effectiveness of testing frequency should not be underestimated and therefore needs further validation. Japan Medical Association 2022-12-19 2023-01-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9908411/ /pubmed/36793530 http://dx.doi.org/10.31662/jmaj.2022-0143 Text en Copyright © Japan Medical Association https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/JMA Journal is an Open Access journal distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view the details of this license, please visit (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ).
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Kaneda, Yudai
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Is the Testing System No Longer Effective for Coronavirus Disease 2019? Elucidating the Policy Change in the United Kingdom
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title_sort is the testing system no longer effective for coronavirus disease 2019? elucidating the policy change in the united kingdom
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9908411/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.31662/jmaj.2022-0143
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