Lot of questions on quantity / adequacy of testing in almost any conversation on #Covid19India. So some points:
1) The Indian testing regime has been decided by experts of ICMR.
2) It is not as if ICMR wants some other model and government has overruled them.
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1) The Indian testing regime has been decided by experts of ICMR.
2) It is not as if ICMR wants some other model and government has overruled them.
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3) Testing done at state level. Defies logic that all states have come together in some grand design to under-report.
4) If #Covid19India numbers totally misleading, actual sick people would be showing up in hospitals. In mobile camera age, can anyone really hide truth? 2/3
4) If #Covid19India numbers totally misleading, actual sick people would be showing up in hospitals. In mobile camera age, can anyone really hide truth? 2/3
5) ICMR decided testing strategy for stage-II. Random trials on people sick with respiratory sickness to check for community spread. No evidence so far.
6) ICMR continuously upgrading protocol per evolving situation.
7) Private labs now in loop.
Experts handling situation. 3/3
6) ICMR continuously upgrading protocol per evolving situation.
7) Private labs now in loop.
Experts handling situation. 3/3
