Recovery, Renewal, Resilience

When the intensity of the crisis reduces, there is more opportunity for targeted measures that limit virus transmission. Testing should be pro-active and strategically targeted. Consider establishing 3 categories of people and places, and create suitable testing guidelines for each one, including:

People with symptoms. Consider testing this group immediately:

• Establish a system with quick consultation, diagnosis and testing (upon medical advice)
• Use antigen tests as results are available quickly
• Conduct antigen tests via saliva samples to minimize the risk and burden on patients and medical staff

People without symptoms, who have been assessed with a high pre-test risk of infection, and/or who work in high-risk areas. Consider testing this group pro-actively:

• Consider places that require close physical contact such as hospitals, senior-care facilities, or nightlife/entertainment-related industries
• Because of the high risk of infection and high pre-test risk of infection, consider thorough and rapid testing for this group

People without symptoms, who have been assessed with a low pre-test risk of infection, and who work in low-risk areas. Build consensus regarding action for this group:

• Include people who, for peace of mind, want to be tested in order to conduct societal, economic, cultural activities etc.
• Consider that testing is not perfectly accurate and only reflects a person's condition at one point in time. Continuous testing would be required to fully monitor the condition of an individual