Delhi's positivity rate was recorded at 16.4% Friday after highs of over 30% earlier this month. This appears to be a milestone but does not explain the whole story.
The Telangana govt released an investigative report by health officials and microbiologists which stated there were data discrepancies in the information submitted by private labs.
Each kind of test has different processes, prices & also purposes — antigen tests can identify positive cases, while antibody tests can screen a wide area.
Clearing the backlog is likely to take 2-3 days. Hyderabad has the lowest testing among big cities, but the Telangana capital has a positivity rate of 30.6 per cent.
In an exclusive interview, Assam Health Secretary Samir Sinha said despite bottlenecks posed by massive surveillance & testing exercise, it was important to keep the community safe.
AP's Industries and IT minister Mekapati Goutham Reddy said the state leveraged its medical devices manufacturing park to create the TruNat tests that can work with TB equipment.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
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