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Integrated PCR testing and extended window contact tracing system for COVID-19 to improve comprehensiveness and speed
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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Testing and contact tracing are standard tools for controlling the spread of COVID-19<jats:sup>1</jats:sup>. Their effectiveness hinges on a sequence of processes encompassing testing coverage and timeliness, testing quality and speed of reporting, contact tracing speed and comprehensiveness and compliance with advice given<jats:sup>2–6</jats:sup>. We optimized this sequence of processes in the context of a public health program targeting around 33,000 higher education students through a combination of low barrier PCR testing with rapid turn-around-time, close integration of testing and tracing teams and IT infrastructure, community engagement and the implementation of bidirectional contact tracing by extending the contact tracing window from 2 to 7 days before symptom onset or test of the index case. We anticipate this combined intervention to help improve epidemic control.</jats:p>