Central Govt, ICMR scale up testing infrastructure for COVID-19: Ministry of Health

October 6, 2020

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NEW DELHI: Ministry of Health has said that the Central Government and ICMR have scaled up the testing infrastructure for COVID-19 in a calibrated manner.Ministry of Health in a tweet said that India’s testing capacity has touched 15 lakh samples ensuring easily accessible COVID-19 tests by all.It said, very high levels of testing lead to early identification, prompt isolation and effective treatment of COVID-19 cases.The Central Government and @ICMRDELHI have scaled up the TESTING infrastructure in a calibrated manner.India’s testing capacity has touched 15L/day ensuring easily accessible #COVID19 tests by all.— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) October 6, 2020<p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: open_sansregular; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify; white-space: normal;">This also leads to low Fatality Rate.The Ministry said, India’s Positivity Rate is steadily maintained below 10 per cent.It said, several States and Union Territories are exhibiting Positivity Rate higher than the national average indicating a need for aggressive and widespread testing.<iframe id="twitter-widget-1" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="true" class="" title="Twitter Tweet" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-1&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1313291117224325120&lang=en&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jammulinksnews.com%2Fmb%2Fnewsdet.aspx%3Fq%3D235007&theme=light&widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&width=550px" style="position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;">#IndiaFightsCoronaIndia’s Positivity Rate is steadily maintained below 10%. Cumulative is 8.28% and the daily figure is 7.52%.Several States/UT are exhibiting Positivity Rate higher than the national average indicating a need for aggressive and widespread testing. pic.twitter.com/yDCIc8bxuO— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) October 6, 2020<p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: open_sansregular; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify; white-space: normal;"><iframe id="twitter-widget-2" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="true" class="" title="Twitter Tweet" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-2&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1313291128829952000&lang=en&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jammulinksnews.com%2Fmb%2Fnewsdet.aspx%3Fq%3D235007&theme=light&widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&width=550px" data-tweet-id="1313291128829952000" style="position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;">Very high levels of TESTING lead to early identification, prompt isolation & effective treatment of #COVID19 cases.This also leads to low Fatality Rate.— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) October 6, 2020</p> </div> <footer>   <div class="td-post-source-tags">  <ul class="td-tags td-post-small-box clearfix"><li><span>TAGS</span></li><li><a href="https://dailysach.in/tag/central-govt/">Central Govt</a></li><li><a href="https://dailysach.in/tag/covid-19/">COVID-19</a></li><li><a href="https://dailysach.in/tag/icmr/">Icmr</a></li><li><a href="https://dailysach.in/tag/ministry-of-health/">Ministry of Health</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="td-post-sharing-bottom"><div class="td-post-sharing-classic"><iframe title="bottomFacebookLike" frameBorder="0" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https://dailysach.in/india/central-govt-icmr-scale-up-testing-infrastructure-for-covid-19-ministry-of-health/&layout=button_count&show_faces=false&width=105&action=like&colorscheme=light&height=21" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:auto; height:21px; background-color:transparent;">

Central Govt, ICMR scale up testing infrastructure for COVID-19: Ministry of Health

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