A five-fold strategy was laid out for adoption by the States and Union Territories for effective containment and management of the COVID pandemic:Exponential Increase in TestingThe States were strongly advised for a significant increase of testing in all districts in line with their Positivity Rate, with increased share of RT PCR tests,to a ratio ofmore than 70% of total.
Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) to be mostly deployed as a screening tool in flushing out cluster cases from densely populated areas.Effective Isolation and Contact Tracing of those infectedTesting leading to detection of positive cases is to be followed with prompt tracing of the close contacted and swift isolation.