India coronavirus dispatch: Should all patients in hospitals be tested?

Here is a selection of articles from across Indian publications on Covid-19. From classification of zones, to managing the pandemic in the northeastern states, and why Tamil Nadu is the latest cause for worry – read these and more in today’s India dispatch.

Long Read

With low Covid-19 numbers, northeastern states not doing enough to test, prepare: In the northeastern region, only seven districts are orange, one is red, and the rest are green. Assam, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur and Nagaland combined have 101 Covid-19 cases. Should there be an outbreak, there would be a lack of testing