Centre's RT-PCR Test Advisory to States: In view of resurgence of Covid infections in as many as six Indian states, the Union Health Ministry on Sunday has advised all the States and Union Territories to improve RT-PCR testing while putting refocus on surveillance and containment measures as well.
Government's RT-PCR Test Instructions to States & UTs
Government of India advised to the States & UTs to work on five major areas:
- Improve the overall testing numbers by focusing on increasing the proportion of RT-PCR tests
- All negative Rapid Antigen Test results to be mandatorily followed by RT-PCR test and no such negative persons are to be missed
- Refocus on strict and comprehensive surveillance as well as stringent containment in selected districts
- Regular monitoring of the mutant strains through testing followed by Genome Sequencing, as well as monitoring of the emerging cluster of cases
- Focusing on clinical management in districts reporting higher deaths
- India has been witnessing a rise in the active caseload over the past few days which pegged at 1,45,634 on Sunday consisting of 1.32 per cent of the total positive cases. (IANS)