NEW DELHI : Mohalla clinics in the city have been instructed to start COVID-19 testing with immediate effect as part of the Delhi government's strategy to ramp up testing amid a surge in coronavirus cases here. "In order to augment the COVID testing drive, it has been decided to initiate COVID testing at all AAMCs from 2pm to 5pm on all working days with immediate effect. All tests done shall be updated on the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) portal, it added. It requested that AAMCs conducting COVID tests be sanitised at the end of each day. Barring August 31, when over 14,000 tests were conducted and 1,358 fresh cases reported, since Sunday, daily cases count has been recorded in excess of 2,000.

Source: Mint September 11, 2020 10:07 UTC