April 16, 2020 10:02 PM

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Health Ministry rejects allegation of not conducting enough COVID-19 tests

<span style="color: #222222;">Union Health Ministry has  rejected the  allegation that India is not conducting enough COVID-19 tests.   Responding to a question  on Covid tests, in New Delhi, Indian Council of Medical Research  representative said,  in  countries like Japan one out of 11.7 tests turns out to be positive, which is among the highest in the world. While  Italy tests 6.7 persons for one positive test and  the USA tests 5.3 persons and the  UK tests 3.4 . He added that  in India,   the country is  conducting 24 tests out of which one comes out to be positive.  He also said,  India has huge population and not all people belong to vulnerable groups.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />''A  Health Ministry official said the data can be interpreted in many ways and the government's effort is aimed at ensuring not a single positive case is missed out.  Earlier, senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had alleged  that the scale of testing in India has been low.</span><br />

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