COVID 19: West Bengal To Begin With Pool Testing

  • West Bengal govt will start pool testing of samples to detect asymptomatic carriers of the COVID 19. 
  • Pool testing will reinforce Bengal's testing record, which has been blamed for its low number of COVID 19 tests.  
  • Let us tell you, only 4,212 samples were tested in Bengal till April 17.
  • Till now, Bengal has recorded only 287 coronavirus cases and 12 casualties.
  • Also, the pool testing method will reduce the number of test kits used, compared to testing individual samples.
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