Delhi govt says it needs to train the staff first. Mohalla clinic doctors worried about safety, say they don’t have adequate protective gear and space to conduct Covid tests.
Concerns have been raised that asymptomatic cases are being missed in Delhi, but Deputy CM Manish Sisodia says antigen tests have helped curb spread of Covid.
On Sunday, the positivity rate was 11.4%, higher than the usual 7-8% and also higher than the Sunday rate of around 9%. But experts attribute this to ramping up of testing capabilities.
Each kind of test has different processes, prices & also purposes — antigen tests can identify positive cases, while antibody tests can screen a wide area.
In episode 467 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta explains what antigen tests are and how FDA's breakthrough test can aid economies as lockdowns ease across the world.
India cannot repetitively search and sieve entire population to identify asymptomatic persons through Covid testing. So, practice social distancing and personal hygiene.
Two questions are pertinent: Why does the Trump administration keep making the same mistakes on the peace proposal? And what does a hurried peace plan mean on the ground?
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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