TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Mar 21, 2020, 14: 17 IST
NEW DELHI: As the total number of novel coronavirus cases in India rose to 258 on Saturday after 35 fresh cases were reported in various parts of the country, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Saturday revised its testing policy.
Here is all you need to know about ICMR’s revised testing guidelines —
- As per the new policy all hospitalised patients with severe acute respiratory illness, shortness of breath and having fever and cough will now be tested for COVID-19 infection.
- The apex body for biomedical research revised its strategy because of a spurt in coronavirus cases in the country this week.
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- The new guidelines also said asymptomatic direct and high-risk contacts of a confirmed case sh