Testing is key to successful control of Covid-19 pandemic, says WHO Chief Scientist

Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist, World Health Organisation, said that testing is key to successful control of Covid-19 pandemic and all the states should enhance their testing capability.
She tweeted today that high throughput facilities will increase COVID testing in Delhi NCR, Mumbai and Kolkata. Dr. Soumya praised India’s efforts in increasing the testing capacity. India is now conducting approximately 5.5 lakh tests per day and also plans to take it to one million.



