Telangana CS Somesh Kumar asks Collectors To Ramp Up COVID Testing and Vaccination Drive Apr 07, 2021, 08:48 IST Chief Secretary directs Collectors to ramp up COVID vaccinations and testing Chief Secretary, Sri Somesh Kumar IAS today held a video conference with District Collectors and senior officers to review measures for the management of the COVID-19 pandemic in the state. 2. In a video conference that lasted over two hours, the Chief Secretary issued numerous instructions covering the entire scope of COVID management including testing, tracing, treating, vaccination and enforcement of COVID appropriate behaviour. Collectors asked to double COVID testing 3. Chief Secretary directed Collectors to steeply increase and double the number of tests being done on a daily basis in order to cast the net wider and identify as many COVID positive persons as possible. He stated that this would help in the early identification and isolation of positive cases which would be in turn help in controlling the spread of disease. Early identification would also enable the early start of treatment which would reduce the probability of cases becoming serious.