COVID-19 tests in India crossed the one crore mark on Monday with 1,01,35,525 cumulative samples evaluated up until now, the Indian Council of Medical Research Study (ICMR) stated on Monday. In the past 24 hours about 3,46,459 samples were tested.
The Council has now advised that all labs/hospitals initiating screening through fast antigen tests need to ensure that symptomatic clients, who have checked unfavorable in the quick screening, must be referred for real-time RT-PCR screening likewise.
The Council has also written to all States/UTs directing all personal labs undertaking TrueNat/CBNAAT-based screening for COVID-19 to look for NABL accreditation to guarantee quality screening.
The Health Ministry included that it is now advocating extensive testing and has likewise notified the States that increased focus needs to be on “Test, Trace, Reward” method.
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