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Delhi's Covid testing remains flat despite govt's promise

By IANS | Updated: November 27, 2020 18:11 IST

New Delhi, Nov 27 Despite strong promises made by Delhi and central government to double the coronavirus testing in ...

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New Delhi, Nov 27 Despite strong promises made by Delhi and central government to double the coronavirus testing in the national capital at the heights of the crisis, the city still has not witnessed any increase, with health experts attributing it to lack of manpower and infrastructure.

On November 15, massive spike in coronavirus cases had prompted Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to announce that his government would increase tests to one lakh.

Two days later, the central government had also pledged that the testing would be doubled. Despite their word of assurance, the scenario has yet to change.

The city had conducted 64,121 tests on November 11, highest so far, even before the commitment was made but since then the threshold has not been crossed.

The second highest number of tests were conducted on Thursday

( With inputs from IANS )

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