July 8, 2020

Reopening Universities during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Testing Strategy to Minimize Active Cases and Delay Outbreaks

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Modeling and Prediction

• [Preprint, not peer-reviewed] Rennert et al. evaluated the impact of pre-semester SARS-CoV-2 testing on reducing the incidence of cases in a university setting. Although they found that pre-semester testing would delay the onset of the epidemic peak from 17 to 40 days, it would not reduce the overall outbreak size without further prevention strategies. 

Rennert et al. (July 7, 2020). Reopening Universities during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Testing Strategy to Minimize Active Cases and Delay Outbreaks. Pre-print downloaded July 8 from  https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.06.20147272