NEW DELHI: Taking cognisance of the expected surge in Covid-19 cases due to influx of migrant workers in states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Odisha, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is working to scale up testing facilities and capacities.
Testing capacity – already increased to 1.4 lakh samples per day – is now being further raised to 2 lakh samples per day, the council said. It said the government has devised an “intelligent testing strategy” to remain ahead of the virus by scaling up its preparedness to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, after taking lessons from the 2009 swine flu outbreak which ha