COVID-19 tests to be ramped up, door-to-door survey in Delhi hotspots: Shah

vel coronavirus tests will be doubled in Delhi in next two days and subsequently increased by three times, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday after chairing a meeting on spiralling cases of pandemic in city.

Shah anunced a slew of measures that will be taken w after he held a meeting with Lieutenant Goverr Anil Baija and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at his office in rth Block.

Coronavirus tests in Delhi will be doubled in next two days and increased by three times after six days, he said.

COVID-19 tests will be started at every polling station in containment zones of Delhi in a few days and a comprehensive house-to-house health survey will be done in hotspots for contact tracing, Shah said.

He added that Centre would also provide 500 railway coaches to Delhi in view of short of beds for COVID-19 patients.

COVID-19 tally has reached nearly 39,000 and virus has claimed more than 1,200 lives so far in Delhi.