Delhi govt issues new guidelines for Covid-19 testing amid rising cases

Amid rising cases of coronavirus in the national capital, the Delhi government has issued new guidelines for Covid-19 testing. The virus has infected over 200,000 people in the country so far.

According to the order issued by Office of Director General of Health Services (DGHS) on June 2, the strategy for Covid-19 testing includes -- all symptomatic (ILI symptoms) individuals with history of international travel in the last 14 days; all symptomatic (ILI symptoms) contacts of laboratory confirmed cases; all symptomatic (ILI symptoms) healthcare workers/frontline workers involved in containment and mitigation of Covid-19; all patients of Severe Acute Respiratory infection