Rajasthan offers a testing facility to other States

Rajasthan has offered to provide the test facility to the neighboring States. The state has the capacity to conduct 15,000 COVID-19 tests per day. Therefore Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said the State government could conduct up to 5,000 tests per day for six neighboring States.   

    Mr. Gehlot said his government’s highest priority was to save lives and it was willing to support Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, and Gujarat with the testing facility. “Rajasthan is committed to providing all possible help to the neighboring States during the present crisis,” he said.    

   The Chief Minister reviewed the status of COVID-19 cases at a high-level meeting here while affirming that the virus infection was under control in the State as a result of strengthening of health care infrastructure, regular monitoring, and aggressive screening during house-to-house surveys. The recovery rate in the State was also better than the national average, Mr. Gehlot said.     

Update by Akankshya Mohanta