New policy: Test for ill migrants, frontline workers

Amid heavy movement of migrant workers across the country, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has revised its Covid-19 testing strategy to include all returnees and migrants who show symptoms for influenza like illness (ILI) within seven days of developing the ailment. Now, RT-PCR tests would also be extended to cover all hospitalised patients who develop symptoms of ILI.