Addressing the issue of a possible second wave of Covid-19, Steven Kapsos, Head of the Data Production and Analysis Unit at the International Labour Organization, stressed the role of testing and tracing in reducing job loss during a pandemic, in a speech to Committee on Employment and Social Affairs MEPs on Monday 22 June.
“Our analysis shows that investing in case identification and testing, isolation and contact tracing appears to be a very powerful tool to limit the impact of the...