Low testing rates leave quarter of world ‘Blindfolded’ on virus

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JAKARTA: Low testing rates in India, Indonesia and Pakistan risk leaving them ignorant about the extent of coronavirus transmission in their countries.

All three nations -- which together hold about 25% of the global population -- crossed 1,500 cases this week.

"Without testing, it’s like moving blindfolded,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general at the World Health Organisation, said in a briefing to the world media this week. Calls for more tests are easier said than done, given that officials in countries such as India are struggling to secure foreign-made test kits while red tape is slowing the deployment of locally made ones.

 

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