Centre says tests declining amid rising cases, asks States, UTs to immediately increase testing
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The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday wrote to all States and Union Territories and asked them "to immediately increase testing in a strategic manner keeping in view the trend of case positivity in specific areas". In a letter, Additional Secretary (Health) Arti Ahuja said that the data available on the ICMR portal shows a decline in the COVID tests in many States and Union Territories amid rising cases due to Omicron