COVID-19: Health Ministry cautions about decline in testing rates
The Hindu
The Ministry in its letter to some States noted that in the absence of sustained levels of sufficient testing, it was very difficult to determine the true level of infection spread in a geography.
The Health Ministry has cautioned that there has been a decline in weekly COVID-19 testing rates and has written to Nagaland, Sikkim, Maharashtra, Kerala, Goa, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, West Bengal and Ladakh asking it to rectify this worrying trend.
This Ministry in its letter on Wednesday noted that in the absence of sustained levels of sufficient testing, it was very difficult to determine the true level of infection-spread in a geography.
With a majority of countries seeing multiple surges in COVID-19 cases in recent times and a few developed countries facing even fourth and fifth wave despite high levels of vaccination, there was a need for continued vigil given the unpredictable and contagious nature of the disease, it said.
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