Indeed, he raised the possibility of conditional relaxations in some parts of India after 20 April. This is barely 176 for every million of our population, and pales in comparison with, say, the US, which, despite a late start, has now done nearly 3 million tests (nearly 8,900 per million). This ambit needs to widen now to include randomly selected people, just to validate the accuracy of our outbreak mapping. Not all of India is equally affected, and not everyone needs to be tested in a given expanse. A sound testing plan would help the country unclamp commercial activity by and by across the map as the covid threat recedes.

Source: Mint April 14, 2020 16:52 UTC