ANALYSIS: India’s new rules to free resourcesReuters, NEW DELHIIndia has eased its COVID-19 rules on testing, quarantine and hospital admissions in a bid to free up resources for its neediest people, a strategy hailed by experts even though it carries the risk of a heavy undercount of infections and deaths. “That strategy did not work and wasted resources,” he added, saying serological surveys had shown it had detected only a fraction of infections. India’s tally of infections crossed 36 million yesterday with 247,417 new cases, although daily testing has stayed well below the capacity of more than 2 million. “It will be harder to predict upcoming hotspots and epicenters,” she added, which would leave authorities less time to marshal resources against the disease. It said the gap between actual and reported daily cases would widen when the virus reaches smaller towns and villages.

Source: Taipei Times January 13, 2022 16:30 UTC