India Reduces Coronavirus Testing Frequency

India-based news agency ANI reported that New Delhi announced it would discontinue routine COVID-19 testing before inpatient hospitalization and surgeries.

AIIMS Medical Superintendent DK Sharma wrote in a letter on February 9, 2022, following current national guidelines, it has been decided to discontinue routine COVID-19 testing before inpatient hospitalization and daycare.

And testing would stop prior to any minor or significant surgical or interventional or non-interventional procedures and imaging in clinically asymptomatic patients.

India’s COVID-19 positivity rate was reported at 3.89% as of February 12, 2022.

Note: The U.S. CDC confirmed 7-Day Positivity Rate was 12.04%, as of February 12, 2022.