IMPORTANT:

TESTING IS THE KEY TO #LOCKDOWN21 AND INDIA IS FAILING TERRIBLY.

People are currently being tested:
- International Travel History with Symptoms.
- Related people + close contacts of positive cases
- Markaz People
Private testing with valid document + valid prescription of a medical practitioner

Guesswhat?
If you don't have symptoms, no abroad history or contact with such person.
You can't get tested.
Even if you have some symptoms. Nope, you can't unless a medicial practitioner deems so
The problem is we are a crowded country. We cannot take it lightly. We're also not a clean country, our flights & stations, trains & stations all are packed.

A few people from Markaz at Delhi turned positive and we started testing all attendees. But what about other gatherings?
India doesn't have shortage of people nor events.
There are instance where there are many positive case didn't have link. Postive cases have travelled.
India is just quarantining them waiting for symptoms. BUT there's a drawback!
Maharashtra confirmed their 86% cases were asymptomatic.
Ireland study says 50% were asymptomatic.

If we cannot test them, we cannot treat them.
People have started developing symptoms at the last-minute and dying.
Death of lady in Theni, TN agter developing last minute breathing difficulty 3/4/20
A person confirmed to be positive after dying on April 2 in TN today.

Could they have been saved if mass testing was done? All countries are doing mass testing.
South Korea stopped and flattened the curve because of mass testing.

Government should authorise and ask more labs to develop kits. Mass produce the kits. Government should also test all people who are quarantine. Track positive cases and track more people and so on
If we're gonna wait till they develop symptoms. Many are doing to die. Many are going to spread the disease. At this rate, Covid is still freely moving among masses and we're looking at disaster times.

Disinfecting roads etc is usless if there's an infected person still roaming
If infected asymptomatic people moving freely are also infecting groceries, vegetables, places where they're going and also spreading it.

We're in dire need of rectifying this situation as soon as possible.
People should understand this. Not go out. Take this lightly.
Lockdown has put people at homes. Great. But the failure to test is failure of lockdown. @PMOIndia should be better than this. CMs of states should be than this. We the people should be better than this.

Fin.
NOTE: This thread is personal opinion based of various observations, articles online.

If something is wrong, please @ me. I will correct the same in the same thread. Apologies in advance.

Let's understand and save the country from #COVID19.

Thank you!
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