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'Test every suspected case' of COVID-19: WHO

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Last Updated : Mar 16 2020 | 10:30 PM IST

The World Health Organization called Monday for countries to test every suspected case of COVID-19, as the rest of the world registered more cases and deaths in the pandemic than China.

"You cannot fight a fire blindfolded," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters in Geneva, saying the WHO recommended that countries "Test, test, test. Test every suspected case."

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First Published: Mar 16 2020 | 10:30 PM IST

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