Common public screening methods unreliable; student athletes may need heart test after COVID-19


  • World
  • Thursday, 17 Sep 2020

FILE PHOTO: Worker check the temperature of assistants before entering to watch the first screening of the 77th Venice International Film Festival, the first major international film festival held since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Venice, Italy, September 2, 2020. REUTERS/Yara Nardi

(Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.

COVID-19 screening in public venues is unreliable

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