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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Covid: Expert panel asks Centre to help states conduct well-designed surveys -GS Mudur

Covid: Expert panel asks Centre to help states conduct well-designed surveys -GS Mudur

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published Published on May 22, 2021   modified Modified on May 23, 2021

-The Telegraph

The panel of scientists and other experts on testing strategies, has also said that testing kit suppliers would need to be ready to respond to recurring surges

An expert panel has asked the Centre to help the states conduct well-designed surveys on the prevalence of Covid-19 to understand the evolving epidemic, expressing concern that three nationwide surveys have so far not helped guide policy.

The panel, which includes scientists and other experts on testing strategies, has also said that testing kit suppliers would need to be ready to respond to recurring surges and the country would need to assess the possible demand for tests every three months.

While India has dramatically scaled up its Covid-19 testing capacity — from a single diagnostic lab in early 2020 to more than 2,500 labs now — health researchers say the second Covid-19 wave has revealed gaps in testing facilities and highlighted critical tasks that are yet to be done.

The panel, in a report outlining strategies for equitable, cost-effective and scalable testing, has proposed centralised or pooled procurement of tests that would help lower their costs, standardise their quality and increase their availability.

“Our recommendations make a case for reinforced testing and tracing measures to limit the ongoing pandemic and avert impending ones,” said Rajiv Shah, president of The Rockefeller Foundation, a US-based private foundation that produced the report calling it a “strategic road map” to strengthen testing.

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The Telegraph, 22 May, 2021, https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/coronavirus-outbreak-panel-asks-centres-help-to-states-in-conducting-well-designed-surveys/cid/1816390


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