: Coronavirus: ‘Test, test, test every suspected case,’ says WHO; India maintains it is not rational #IndiaNEWS The World Health Organisation on Monday urged all countries to ramp up their coronavirus

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Coronavirus: ‘Test, test, test every suspected case,’ says WHO; India maintains it is not rational #IndiaNEWS
The World Health Organisation on Monday urged all countries to ramp up their coronavirus testing to try to reduce the severity of the pandemic, Reuters reported. However, Indian authorities continue to defend the country’s restrictive testing policy, which has resulted in among the lowest testing rates in the world. Until March 13, fewer than 6,000 people had been tested in India.“We have a simple message to all countries – test, test, test,� WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news conference in Geneva. He warned that the coronavirus pandemic is a “defining global health crisis of our time�.The best approach to contain the disease is to identify people with infections and rapidly isolate them, Tedros said. He said this strategy had shown positive effects in China, South Korea and Singapore. Tedros stressed that all the countries should be able to test all the suspected cases, adding that “they cannot fight this pandemic blindfolded�. He added that cases cannot be isolated and the chain of infection will not be broken with limited testing.The virus has infected 182,406 people, and killed 7,154 worldwide, according to an estimate from John Hopkins University, which is tracking cases reported by the World Health Organization and additional sources.Every day, more tests for #COVID19 are being produced to meet the global demand. WHO has shipped...Read more

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