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...Germany has conducted more than two million Covid-19 diagnostic tests so far, almost twice as much per population as the U.S. The government is now pushing to increase testing capacity from nearly 900,000 to 4.5 million a week by corralling animal health labs—this would be equivalent to testing 18 million Americans a week.
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[for example] Boris Palmer, mayor of Tübingen, population 90,000, made sure each of the 15,000 residents over age 65 received a face mask and ordered systematic testing for all residents and employees of nursing homes.

In the early days of the epidemic, when countries such as Britain struggled to even procure testing kits, Mr. Palmer organized mobile testing in the form of medical vans that provided walk-in swabbing in his city’s squares. Cross-party support at the state level helped quickly mobilize funds for the testing, Mr. Palmer said.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/local-practical-apolitical-inside-germanys-successful-coronavirus-strategy-11588325403