Large-scale testing important to fight COVID-19: Rahul Gandhi
Last Updated : Apr 16 2020 | 7:37 PM IST
New Delhi, Apr 16 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said if government wants to fight COVID-19 then government has to increase the testing dramatically."Biggest weapon against COVID-19 is testing-testing at scale so you know where the virus is moving and you can isolate, target and fight it. Our testing rate is 199 out of a million, all tests that we've done in last 72 days, works out to approx average of 350 tests per district. If you want to fight the virus, you've to increase the testing dramatically and your testing has to go from chasing the virus to moving ahead of it. You've to move to random testing and pre-empt where the virus is moving," said Rahul Gandhi while addressing press conference via videoconferencing.