List of countries implementing pool testing strategy against COVID-19

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If not otherwise stated, the virological status of sample pools is evaluated through PCR tests.

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Screening strategies

General population

Large-scale screening strategies
CountryInstitutionDateTotal sampledNumber in poolsSpecimen TypeReferences
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 18/12/2021>6,000,00010Saliva
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of Washington.svg  Washington University of Washington7/23/2020>100,0004Nasopharyngeal swab [1]
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of California.svg  California Stanford Medical Center06/03/20202,888 (3 positives)10Nasopharyngeal swab [2]
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of Nebraska.svg  Nebraska University of Nebraska20/04/20201,700/week5Nasopharyngeal swab [3]
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of Kansas.svg  Kansas Clinical Reference Laboratory, Lenexa31/08/20206,000/week5Saliva

[4]

Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Fundación Biomédica Galicia Sur, CHUVI10/08/2020100,000/month20Saliva

[5] [6]

Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Rambam Clinical Microbiology Laboratory18/03/2020N.A.up to 64Nasopharyngeal swab

[7] [8] [9]

Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Saarland University Medical Center29/04/202022,00030Nasopharyngeal swab [10] [11]
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Wuhan Centre for Disease Control08/06/2020>1M5-10Nasal/Oral swabs

[12] [13]

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Qingdao08/06/20207MTo confirmTo confirm

[14]

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Kashgar City26/11/20204.5MTo confirmTo confirm

[15]

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Qingdao City15/10/202011M10To confirm

[16]

Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Algarve Biomedical Centre24/04/202017,00010Nasopharyngeal swab

[17] [18]

Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Melbourne25/08/202010,3122-8Nasopharyngeal swab

[19]

Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Ministry of Health02/20209,00010N.A.

[20]

Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research04/202030,00010Mixed origin

[21] [22]

Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Makati Health Department15/08/202010,000UnknownUnknown

[23]

Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam Danang Center for Disease Control05/08/2020>10,000UnknownUnknown

[24]

Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador Universidad de Las Americas05/08/20201,5003Nasopharyngeal swabs

[25]

Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Jeonbuk National University Medical School and Hospital, Jeonju14/07/20

[26] [27] [28] [29]

Flag of India.svg  India Uttar Pradesh King George's Medical University, Lucknow [30]

[31]

Flag of India.svg  India West Bengal [32]
Flag of India.svg  India Punjab [33]
Flag of India.svg  India Chhattisgarh [34]
Flag of India.svg  India Maharashtra [35]
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur27/04/20202,732 (52 positives)10Nasopharyngeal swab [36]
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO).22/09/202010 [37]
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Casablanca09/06/20205-10

[38]

Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Florianópolis05/05/202019,535 (246 positives)16Nasopharyngeal swab

[39]

Campus screening strategies

Screening strategies in University Campus
CountryCampusDateTotal sampledNumber in poolsSpecimen TypeReferences
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Université de Genève 2021saliva

[40] [41]

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK University of Nottingham 25/09/2020self-collected saliva

[41]

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK Cambridge University 25/09/2020expected: 16 000/weekself-collected nasopharyngeal

[42] [41]

Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Université de Liège 26/06/2020expected: 30,000/week8self-collected saliva

[43] [44]

Flag of the United States.svg  United States College of Mount Saint Vincent 09/20205 to 24self-collected saliva

[45]

Flag of the United States.svg  United States Duke University 08/20205 to 10self-collected nasal

[46]

Flag of the United States.svg  United States Michigan State University 08/202014,000/week8 or 10self-collected saliva

[47]

Flag of the United States.svg  United States Syracuse University 07/202020,000/week25self-collected saliva

[48]

Flag of the United States.svg  United States University of South Florida 08/2020 ?5 to 10 ?

[49]

Flag of the United States.svg  United States Colorado School 03/11/2020(expected: 3,000/week)8self-collected saliva

[50]

Flag of the United States.svg  United States Shenandoah University 15/10/20202,000self-collected saliva

[51]

SUNY campuses are implementing a pool testing strategy based on saliva samples, including Cornell, [52] [53] SUNY Fredonia or SUNY Oneonta. [54]

The University of Tennessee [55] is also implementing a saliva pool testing strategy.

Researchers from Yale University, [56] Georgia Augusta University, [57] the University of Illinois, [58] [59] are also considering or implementing pool testing strategies.

Small-scale screening or experimental protocols

Smaller scale screening or experimental protocols
CountryInstitutionDateTotal sampledNumber in poolsSpecimen TypeReferences
Flag of France.svg  France Hôpital Bichat 03/06/202044816nasopharyngeal swab [60]
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Hospital Clínico Universitario, Institute for Research, Valencia04/05/2020N.A.5-10nasopharyngeal swab

[6]

Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Universidade de Santiago, Santiago02/06/2020N.A.5-20nasopharyngeal swab

[61]

Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Universidad Austral de Chile06/202061020nasopharyngeal swab

[62]

Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Pwani University & Oxford13/08/2020 015006nasopharyngeal swab

[63]

Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok13/08/2020N.A.10nasopharyngeal swab [64]
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda University of Rwanda, Kigali30/04/2020N.A.20-100oropharyngeal swab

[65]

Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Sant'Andrea Hospital and Sapienza University, Rome03/08/2020>20355naso-oropharyngeal swab

[66]

Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Mahidol University, Bangkok25/08/2020N.A.5-10saliva

[67]

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