TEST KITS
Most medical professionals seem to agree that India needs to test more. For perspective, India has tested 32 per million, the UK 1,921, US 2,600. As per the last official communication from ICMR, the government had 150,000 test kits on March 17, and received 500,000 more kits from the US on March 26
Action Needed
ICMR estimates India will need 700,000 test kits
South Korea has 51 million people and has done over 200,000 tests; India has 1.3 billion people and has done 38,442 as of April 1
Most experts agree that large-scale testing is necessary, especially in viral hotspots, to ascertain the spread and transmission of COVID-19
Action Taken
ICMR has invited quotations for 700,000 test kits, no orders placed yet; 16 companies have been cleared to…