Kerala decides against weekend lockdown, plans mass Covid testing in hotspots instead The state government has also put forward an ambitious target of reducing the test positivity rate in the state to 3 per cent through these mass testing exercises across the state. Share Via Email | A+A A- People queueing up outside Jimmy George Indoor Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram to get the token for Covid vaccination. (Photo | Vincent Pulickal, EPS) By Express News Service THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A high-power committee meeting headed by chief secretary VP Joy has decided to avoid imposing a weekend lockdown in the state. Instead, the meeting decided to hold mass testing within local body limits where the test positivity rate (TPR) is higher than the district average. All the people living in these areas will be subjected to this testing.