Government nod to pool testing of international returnees, migrants

New Delhi, May 14

In a key move to isolate potential Cvid-19 carriers and prevent transmission, the government today approved pool testing for lakhs of migrants returning to their respective states and Indians flying back under the Vande Bharat Mission. The approval came as the country’s Covid loss peaked to 78,003 cases with 3,722 new infections over the past 24 hours.

Fatalities reached 2,549 with a record high 134 deaths in a day. India’s cure rate was 33.6 per cent today. Meanwhile, the ICMR said only Ahmedabad-based Zydus Cadila had agreed to mass produce indigenous rapid antibody test kit even though it had approached other companies, including Cipla. — TNS