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. 2021 Jan 29:538:221-225.
doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.10.059. Epub 2020 Oct 26.

Identifying SARS-CoV-2 infections in South Africa: Balancing public health imperatives with saving lives

Cheryl Baxter  1 , Quarraisha Abdool Karim  2 , Salim S Abdool Karim  3
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Identifying SARS-CoV-2 infections in South Africa: Balancing public health imperatives with saving lives

Cheryl Baxter et al. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Antibody; COVID-19; Polymerase chain reaction; SARS-CoV-2; South Africa; Testing.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of competing interest Salim S. Abdool Karim is the Chair of the South African Ministerial Advisory Committee on COVID-19 and is a Member of the Africa Task Force for Coronavirus as well as the Lancet Commission on COVID-19. Quarraisha Abdool Karim is a member of the South African Covid-19 Ministerial Advisory Committee and is an Executive Group member of the WHO Solidarity Therapeutics and Vaccine Trials. Cheryl Baxter has no conflicts to declare.

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Fig. 1
7-day moving average of SARS-CoV-2 cases in South Africa, 5 Mar – September 20, 2020. Daily cases are shown in light grey. The doubling time for cases, corresponding to each lockdown restriction level, is provided above the figure.
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Fig. 2
Average daily tests and proportion of SARS-CoV-2 tests that are positive, 7 March – 24 September. Total tests completed – 4,102,162.
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