NEW DELHI, Jan 18: Flagging a decline in the number of COVID-19 tests in many States and Union Territories, the Centre has asked them to enhance testing so that an effective track of the spread of the pandemic can be kept and immediate citizen-centric action can be initiated. In a letter to States and UTs on Monday, Additional Secretary in the Union Health Ministry Arti Ahuja advised them to pay attention to this aspect immediately and increase the testing in […]
NEW DELHI: Flagging a decline in the number of Covid-19 tests in many states and union territories, the Centre on Monday asked them to enhance testing so that an effective track of the spread of the pandemic can be kept and immediate citizen-centric action can be initiated.
In a letter to states and UTs, Additional Secretary in the Union Health Ministry
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Flagging a decline in the number of Covid-19 tests in many states and union territories, the Centre on Monday asked them to increase testing so that an effective track of the spread of the pandemic can be kept and immediate citizen-centric action can be initiated. In a letter to states and UTs, Additional Secretary in the Union Health Ministry Arti Ahuja advised them to pay