ICMR's Response For Claims Of Less Testing

In the press conference held on April 16, the Indian Council of Medical Research when asked about whether India was testing lesser in comparison to other countries stated that in India, one positive case emerged from 24 tests while in other countries they emerged in lesser tests. Dr. Gangakhedkar stated that 1 from 11.4 tests in Japan, 1 from 6.7 cases in Italy, 1 from 5.3 tests in USA, and 1 from 3.4 tests in UK tested positive. Their positivity rate was higher than that of India's.