/oss/taxonomy/term/4468/all en /oss/article/covid-19-health/testing-covid-19 <p>Until there is an effective treatment or vaccine, the best strategy to win the war against COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) is to stop its spread through the population. This requires extensive tracking of infected individuals and those with whom they may have come in contact. Tracking and tracing is a major undertaking, fraught with problems and uncertainties. Being able to definitively determine whether an individual is infected or not is crucial for gaining insight into the spread of the infection and can form the basis of effective risk mitigation approaches.</p> Fri, 17 Apr 2020 16:00:00 +0000 Alaka Mullick PhD 8217 at /oss