Govt to scale up RT-PCR tests to 10,000 a day
(WorldNews India)

Bhubaneswar: The state government has decided to scale up RT-PCR tests to 10,000 per day. Over the past 10 days, the government has been conducting slightly over 8,000 RT-PCR tests on an average. Rapid antigen tests (RAT) are four to five times higher than RT-PCR tests now. Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra, additional chief secretary (health), said the state government had taken a decision to increase RT-PCR tests to 10,000 per day. “The test numbers sometimes come down because...