CORONAVIRUS/Mass-testing for COVID-19 could strain Taiwan's health system: CECC
08/25/2020 06:27 PM
Taipei, Aug. 25 (CNA) Taiwan has avoided instituting large-scale testing for COVID-19 because of the strain that a glut of false positive and false negative test results could put on the nation's health system, Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) reiterated Tuesday.
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