Start random testing in all districts at the earliest: Nitish tells officials

With COVID 19 having spread far and

wide in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday ordered that random testing be started across all districts at the earliest in order to get a clearer idea of the extent of the outbreak besides instilling a sense of security among the people.

At a high-level meeting he chaired here to review the coronavirus situation, Kumar also directed senior officials led by the Chief Secretary to ensure that Standard Operating Procedures were followed at all quarantine centers which have been set up to contain the large number of migrant workers who have been returning on board special trains.

He also gave strict instructions that the quarantine centres at the Panchayat levels must be equipped with facilities at par with block level ones so that migrant workers who were being lodged there for a 21-day period from the date of their arrival faced no inconveniences.

There have been reports in a section of the media that migrant workers were ...