PM Modi stresses on containment, contact-tracing, testing to win war against Covid-19

PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday said there is an urgent need to ramp up testing in Bihar, Gujarat, UP, West Bengal and Telangana during an interaction with chief ministers of 10 states with heavy Covid-19 caseloads. Modi urged the chief ministers to work hard on containment and contract-tracing strategies, saying defeating the virus in the 10 states that account for 80% of cases will mean that the entire country would emerge victorious in its fight against the disease.