A version of this story appeared in the November 5 edition of CNN's Coronavirus: Fact vs. Fiction newsletter. The US recorded more than 100,000 Covid-19 cases for the first time on Wednesday, in what experts say is the worst coronavirus surge yet. Despite the terrible toll coronavirus has wrought on the planet, the economic pain of Covid-19 is bringing existing social tensions to boiling point. Now a number of experts are floating mass testing as a lockdown alternative and a way to control the spread of disease. "So any mass testing strategy needs to be carried out at regular intervals (every few days) in order to be an effective strategy and to allow some lockdown measures to be relaxed."

Source: CNN November 05, 2020 12:33 UTC