(UTV | MUMBAI) – The Indian City of Mumbai is to roll out mandatory Coronavirus Tests in crowded places as the country grapples with a rise in infections.
The Local Government said rapid tests would be done randomly in areas such as shopping centres and train stations.
A refusal to be tested will amount to an offence, it said.
India recorded 40,953 new COVID-cases on Saturday (21), the biggest daily jump for nearly 4-months. A total 159,000 people have died with the disease.
It has seen more than 11.5 million cases of coronavirus infections so far – and the number has been steadily climbing for weeks as the country scrambles to vaccinate its population and identify highly contagious variants of the disease.
In Mumbai, a Coronavirus hotspot in the Western State of Maharashtra, 2,982 people have contracted the disease in the past 24-hours.