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Pavan Srinath

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COVID-19: Karnataka aims to conduct 80,000 tests in three weeks.

Fantastic if followed through. Awaiting more details as the article talks about antibody test kits - implying serological tests along with RNA/PCR tests. https://thefederal.com/covid-19/covid-19-karnataka-to-conduct-80000-tests-in-three-weeks/

COVID-19: Karnataka aims to conduct 80,000 tests in three weeks

As the number of coronavirus cases are on the rise in Karnataka, the state government’s COVID-19 task force is planning to conduct 80,000 throat swab and blood tests over the next three weeks.

https://thefederal.com/covid-19/covid-19-karnataka-to-conduct-80000-tests-in-three-weeks/

If Karnataka can conduct 80k tests in 3 weeks, it will equal ALL testing done in India till April 4!

(Chart from @TheWireScience)

Need to wait for more details as currently, the same press copy is being published across news outlets.

But this is the scale of testing that we need right now. And more.

Will keep updating this thread on COVID-19 testing in Karnataka.

Now there are 10 government labs in Karnataka that have been approved for COVID-19 testing by @ICMRDELHI 4/n https://twitter.com/chetanabelagere/status/1247015239729598464?s=19

https://twitter.com/chetanabelagere/status/1247015239729598464?s=19

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