Testing COVID-19 in Brazil: fragmented efforts and challenges to expand diagnostic capacity at the Brazilian Unified National Health System

• Main Authors: Koichi Kameda (Author), Mady Malheiros Barbeitas (Author), Rosângela Caetano (Author), Ilana Löwy (Author), Ana Claudia Dias de Oliveira (Author), Marilena Cordeiro Dias Villela Corrêa (Author), Maurice Cassier (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract: Since the first recorded case of COVID-19 on February 26, 2020, Brazil has seen an exponential growth in the number of cases and deaths. The national testing approach has been insufficient to correctly use this tool in the support of containing the epidemic in the country. In this communic...