Britain is preparing to conduct massive testing for coronavirus, for anyone who is showing even mild symptoms of infection. Those testing positive will be made to stay in isolation for 14 days. Other persons who had been in close contact with the patient will also be isolated. The British government is pulling all stops to make sure that a second wave is prevented.
All around the world, countries like the UK are set to roll out such massive testing measures, for the fear of being affected with another wave of infection.
For example, the US, which is one of the world’s richest countries failed to ramp up testing earlier and had lost a whole month which led to it becoming a hotspot.
Further east, countries like Singapore and South Korea failed to test the lower rungs of the society, and a second wave started in the dormitories where hundreds of migrant labourers had been living.
Several other countries like Japan have resorted to tracing more than testing, although medical experts fear that this approach could cause a sudden explosion of cases. Surprisingly, Japan has one of the lowest mortality rates, among major nations, and its government never forced businesses to close, though many did by choice.