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https://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/reference/messages/Documents/NAVADMINS/NAV2020/NAV20178.txt

>RMKS/1. THIS NAVADMIN PROMULGATES NAVYS SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE TESTING (SST)

STRATEGY FOR COVID-19. IT FORMALIZES THE PROCESS TO REQUEST DOD TESTING

CAPACITY FOR NAVY FORCES AND THE REQUIREMENT TO REPORT THE USE OF THOSE

REQUESTED TESTS PER REF A. THIS NAVADMIN SHOULD BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH

REF B (COVID-19 STANDARDIZED OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE (SOG) VERSION 2.0), AS

TOGETHER THEY SUPPORT REF C AND NAVYS DIAGNOSTIC TESTING APPROACH. IT

FORMALIZES SURVEILLANCE TESTING AS DIRECTED IN REF D, AND PROVIDES

SUPPLEMENTAL GUIDANCE TO REF E, PARAGRAPH 4.C.4. TESTING FOR COVID-19 HAS

THREE PRIMARY BENEFITS: (1) TESTING CAN UNCOVER ASYMPTOMATIC COVID-POSITIVE

INDIVIDUALS WHO COULD UNWITTINGLY SPREAD THE VIRUS, (2) TESTING CAN ASSIST IN

BOUNDING AN OUTBREAK, AND (3) SURVEILLANCE TESTING CAN BE USED TO DETECT

DISEASE EARLY (A SECOND WAVE OR RESURGENCE).

TESTING ALSO REINFORCES PUBLIC HEALTH MITIGATION MEASURES AND INFORMS OUR

UNDERSTANDING OF COVID-19 TRANSMISSION.