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2. Diagnostic testing of COVID-19

2.1 Testing conducted on previous coronaviruses

2.1.1 Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)

This disease arose in South China in late 2002. Caused by the SARS caronavirus (SARS-CoV) and believed to have originated from horseshoe bats[1], SARS eventually was contained in the summer of 2003, and the last known infection was in April 2004, due to a laboratory accident.[2]


2.2 Organizational and agency guidance on COVID-19 testing

2.3 Current test kits and their differences

2.4 Regulatory and recommended requirements for reporting test results

  1. ↑ McKie, R. (9 December 2017). "Scientists trace 2002 Sars virus to colony of cave-dwelling bats in China". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/10/sars-virus-bats-china-severe-acute-respiratory-syndrome. Retrieved 03 April 2020. 
  2. ↑ Normile, D. (2004). "Mounting Lab Accidents Raise SARS Fears". Science (5671): 659–61. doi:10.1126/science.304.5671.659. PMID 15118129.