Govt should conduct 100,000 coronavirus tests per day: Rahul Gandhi

A total of 26,496 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported in India, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said

Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses a press conference on COVID-19 via video link in New Delhi
ANI New Delhi
1 min read Last Updated : Apr 26 2020 | 7:47 PM IST
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said that the government should conduct one lakh COVID-19 tests per day to beat the virus.

"Experts agree that mass random testing is the key to beating Corona. In India, a bottleneck is stopping us from scaling testing from the current 40,000 per day to 1 lakh tests a day, for which test kits are already in stock. PM needs to act fast and clear the bottleneck," Rahul Gandhi tweeted.


A total of 26,496 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported in India, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Sunday. 824 people have lost their lives due to the infection in the country.

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