India has gone into a nationwide 14-hour lockdown today to break the spread of the novel coronavirus. While the number of confirmed cases continue to increase on a daily basis there is still no evidence of community transmission in the country. However the central and several state governments are taking stringent measures to avoid community transmission (stage 3) of coronavirus infection. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has also revised its strategy for testing people for the COVID-19 virus. This is to provide reliable diagnosis to all individuals meeting the inclusion criteria of COVID-19 testing. Here’s what ICMR’s revised
