COVID-19

Why diagnostics are our best weapon against infectious diseases

A health worker holds a swab stick at an antigen test station for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Vienna, Austria, September 23, 2020

The countries with the strongest responses to COVID-19 did so with appropriate diagnostic testing Image: REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

Lance Little
Head of Region, Asia Pacific, Roche Diagnostics Asia Pacific
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