UP tops by testing 50 million Covid samples

Virendra Singh Rawat

Lucknow / June 2, 2021

Uttar Pradesh has become the first state in India to test 50 million samples of novel coronavirus also known as Covid-19.

Currently, the state is testing more than 300,000 samples a day under its aggressive ‘test, trace and treat’ strategy, which has helped the state to successfully flatten the curve of second wave.

Interestingly, UP has come a long way from getting the first Covid test conducted from the lab at National Institute of Virology, Pune in the first wave last year to achieve the feat of cumulatively testing 50 million samples.

According to the state government, testing is the backbone for curbing the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 as it aids early detection of cases, and their isolation and contact tracing.

Besides, a large number of surveillance committees constituted by the Yogi Adityanath government contributed immensely in curbing the spread of the disease in countryside.

More than 73,000 surveillance committees have so far scanned 98,000 villages across 75 districts and covered nearly every rural household, the government claimed.