UP to boost covid-19 testing as migrant influx hits 2-million mark

With the influx of migrants breaching the two million mark already, the Uttar Pradesh government is procuring latest machines to jack up covid-19 testing capacity.

The daily testing capacity, including pool testing, has now touched 7,000 samples, and the state is aiming to raise it to 10,000 in the days to come.

The massive arrival of migrants over the past few days has increased the infection load of UP, especially after the Shramik Special trains started to ply from this month.

So far, more than 1,000 trains have already brought back nearly 1.37 million labourers from other states. About 150 additional trains carrying