In the middle of his daily update on COVID-19 Sunday, Premier François Legault offered a glimpse of the strategy guiding Quebec's response to the pandemic: it's based on the approach taken by Germany. In terms of testing and their mortality rates, Quebec and Germany are very closely aligned. Germany, with a population of around 83 million, had carried out 918,460 COVID-19 tests as of March 29. Germany's testing systems are decentralized, with private labs sharing the load and permitting more tests to be processed. Germany also began testing widely early on in the crisis, and it quickly established itself as a European leader.

Source: CBC News April 06, 2020 20:41 UTC