South Africa’s coronavirus testing strategy is broken and not fit for purpose: It’s time for a change

M Mendelson; S Madhi

doi:10.7196/SAMJ.2020.v110i6.14902

Guest Editorial

South Africa’s coronavirus testing strategy is broken and not fit for purpose: It’s time for a change

M Mendelson, S Madhi

Abstract

Authors' affiliations

M Mendelson, Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

S Madhi, Medical Research Council: Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; and Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation, Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Re-search Chair, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa