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WHO Says Up to States to Adopt Testing Strategy, Advises Testing Asymptomatic Cases

MOSCOW, Aug 27 (Sputnik) Countries decide for themselves what testing strategy they employ, Maria Van Kerkhove, the head of the emerging diseases unit of the World Health Organization (WHO), said on Thursday, reiterating the WHO's recommendation on testing even asymptomatic people.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) changed its testing guidelines earlier in the week, stating people without symptoms need not get tested.
"We have outlined guidance for countries that are at different stages of their outbreak, whether they have a small number of cases or a large number of cases, and it's up to the countries to adapt that testing strategy to the needs of the country, depending on the capacities that they have, depending on the intensity of transmission that they have," van Kerkhove told a virtual press briefing.
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