Telangana to ramp up Covid testing in view of Maha surge By IANS | Published on Fri, Mar 12 2021 18:21 IST | 0 Views
Kerala reports 6,004 new Covid cases, 5,158 recoveries (Photo: Kuntal Chakrabarty/IANS). Image Source: IANS News Hyderabad, March 12 : The Telangana government on Friday decided to ramp up Covid-19 testing in the state in view of the surge in new infections in neighbouring Maharashtra and Karnataka. Health Minister E. Rajender, who reviewed the Covid situation at a meeting on Friday, directed the health officials to increase the number of daily tests to 50,000. The minister gave instructions to the officials in view of the mounting cases in neighbouring states and their likely impact on Telangana.