As the number of Coronavirus cases surge in Delhi, the High Court has called for “quantum leap” when it comes for the testing of the infection. The HC has asked the state government to ramp up the testing capacity. It has also directed an Expert Committee to hold a meeting on priority where the current COVID-19 testing will be discussed and to what extent, the RT-PCR testing can be increased in Delhi, The IE reported. According to the report, the division bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Subramonium Prasad believes that conducting more RT-PCR tests in the National Capital is the way forward.
It is to note that in Delhi, 14,000 RT-PCR tests are being conducted in one day as compared to 50,000 rapid antigen tests per day. The court said that the city should at least be…