Virus testing gap proves critical in Southeast Asia and India

Vietnam's success credited to early action, as cases rise in laggard Indonesia

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Hanoi residents wait for coronavirus testing at a makeshift rapid testing center in late March. © Reuters

MOYURU BABA and TOMOYA ONISHI, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO/HANOI -- A speedy rollout of mass testing for the coronavirus appears to be a crucial yardstick in determining the human and economic toll inflicted on various Asian countries by the pandemic.

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