New study calls for more Covid tests at borders, stricter distancing

A new scientific study by Greek and Italian experts puts forward a series of recommendations for halting the recent increase in coronavirus infections in Greece, including more and faster testing, and stricter physical distancing rules.

Headed by professor Dimosthenis Sarigiannis from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki's Environmental Engineering Laboratory, the study calls for more tests to be conducted on incoming travelers at Greece's border crossings and airports so as to weed out asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic carriers who may go on to infect local populations.

It also recommends that the government makes use of more university testing laboratories so that results can be available faster, within 24 hours, and infected patients can be placed in quarantine before they have a chance of transmitting the virus to others.

Other measures that could be...

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