Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday urged the government to start aggressive testing as lockdown for coronavirus will be effective only if "we test, detect, isolate and then treat".
He also welcomed the ICMR''s advice to the government for starting antibody tests in hotspots, as it was overdue. "CWC in its resolution pointed out that limited testing was a flawed strategy. Epidemiologists have demanded extensive and aggressive testing. Let government start aggressive testing today.
"A lockdown will be effective only if we TEST, TEST, DETECT, ISOLATE and TREAT. That is the lesson from Japan, South Korea and Singapore," he said on Twitter.
लॉकडाउन तभी प्रभावी होगा जब हम जांच, पड़ताल, आइसोलेट और इलाज करेंगे। यह जापान, दक्षिण कोरिया और सिंगापुर से मिला सबक है।
— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) April 5, 2020
The Congress leader also said, "I welcome ICMR''s new advice to government to do ''rapid antibody tests" starting in hotspots. According to many doctors, this advice was overdue."
World
Coronavirus has spread to 181 countries. The total confirmed cases worldwide are 12,03,041 and 64,793 have died; 8,91,400 are active cases and 2,46,848 have recovered as on April 5, 2020 at 9:27 am.
India
In India, there are 3,374 confirmed cases including 77 deaths. The number of active cases is 3,030 and 267 have recovered as on April 5, 2020 at 9:00 am.
State & District Details State Cases Active Recovered Deaths Maharashtra
490
472
42
24
Tamil Nadu
485
482
6
3
Delhi
445
436
15
6
Kerala
306
259
49
2
Telangana
269
244
32
7
Uttar Pradesh
227
210
19
2
Rajasthan
200
179
21
0
Andhra Pradesh
161
161
1
1
Karnataka
144
136
12
4
Gujarat
105
101
14
10
Madhya Pradesh
104
110
0
6
Jammu And Kashmir
92
90
4
2
West Bengal
69
62
10
3
Punjab
57
61
1
5
Haryana
49
25
24
0
Bihar
30
31
0
1
Assam
24
24
0
0
Uttarakhand
22
20
2
0
Odisha
20
20
0
0
Chandigarh
18
18
0
0
Ladakh
14
4
10
0
Andaman And Nicobar Islands
10
10
0
0
Chhattisgarh
9
6
3
0
Goa
7
7
0
0
Himachal Pradesh
6
6
1
1
Puducherry
5
4
1
0
Jharkhand
2
2
0
0
Manipur
2
2
0
0
Mizoram
1
1
0
0
Arunachal Pradesh
1
1
0
0
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