Lucknow, July 14 -- Directing officials to ramp up Covid testing to 50,000 per day, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ordered that sample collection in Varanasi, Ballia, Ghaziabad and Jhansi be increased so that the real picture of the coronavirus infections could emerge.
"Of the 50,000 tests, at least 30,000 should be done by RT-PCR, 18,000 to 20,000 by rapid antigen method and 2,000 to 2,500 by TrueNat machines. This distribution will speed by testing," Yogi said while chairing an Unlock review meeting at his official residence in Lucknow on Monday.
The chief minister stressed on cleanliness and sanitation drives on every Saturday and Sunday with the aim to control COVID-19 as well as other vector diseases.
"Nodal officers for districts s...