OECD puts focus on testing and digital tracing before economies can reopen after pandemic

Opening up the economy from the health restrictions designed to fight the Covid-19 pandemic will require governments to sanction widespread testing and digital tracing, the Organisation for Cooperation and Development (OECD) has said.

It comes as many states, including the Government here, are looking at ways to open up their economies sector-by-sector as their concerns grow about the millions that are unemployed or drawing wage-subsidy schemes.