Covid-19 testing capacity scaled up to 95,000 per day: Harsh Vardhan

Vardhan also flagged the large prevalence of non-smoking tobacco usage in some of the states and the problem of spitting in public places.

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday that the testing capacity for Covid-19 has been scaled up to around 95,000 tests per day. A total of 15,25,631 tests have been conducted in 332 government and 121 private laboratories.

The minister, who reviewed the status of Covid-19 in the northeastern states along with the measures taken for its containment and management, also stressed on the need to take concrete action to check the use of non-smoking tobacco and prohibiting spitting in public places which shall help in preventing the spread of the infection, according to a statement.

During the high-level