Roundup: Italy boosts testing capacity as virus resurgence abates


  • World
  • Tuesday, 20 Oct 2020

ROME, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Italy's strategy to tackle the second coronavirus wave focuses on large-scale testing, top experts noted on Monday, as official statistics showed a slight slowdown in daily case numbers.

"Italy is among the countries in the world carrying out the highest number of tests," said Franco Locatelli, president of the country's Higher Health Council (CSS) and member of the technical-scientific committee counseling the cabinet in the COVID-19 emergency.

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