Experts agree that mass random testing is the key to beating Corona. In India, a bottle neck is stopping us from sc… https://t.co/Um0srDOYYW — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) 1587887873000

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to clear "bottlenecks" and ramp up coronavirus testing in the country.Quoting experts, Gandhi said "random testing is the key to beating the virus". India has to scale up COVID-19 testing from the current 40,000 to one lakh tests per day, he said."Experts agree that mass random testing is the key to beating Corona . In India, a bottle neck is stopping us from scaling testing from the current 40,000 per day to 1 lakh tests a day, for which test kits are already in stock."PM needs to act fast and clear the bottleneck," Gandhi said on Twitter Expressing a similar view, former prime minister Manmohan Singh said that without aggressive testing facilities, India cannot conquer challenges posed by COVID-19.Testing and tracing are the key to fighting the menace, he said in a video released by the Congress."There are problems with regard to the inadequacy of testing facilities and without more aggressive facilities of testing, we are not going to conquer this menace," Manmohan Singh said.Earlier, the Congress had shared the thoughts of various leaders in the video to resolve the current crisis relating to the coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown. The leaders are members of a consultative group headed by Singh and formulate the party's views on various matters.They also stressed on the issue of humanism, protection and financial security to drive the approach to dealing with migrant labourers.Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had said the party should have a broad framework for protection of migrants."We must insist that migrants are protected. But, we must also acknowledge that state governments are actually going to be responsible for driving this thing. Different state governments might choose different methodologies to solve this problem," he said.Gandhi said, "Our migrant strategy should include protection. The idea that you can tell the migrant that it is his problem, that has to be central. Movement of the migrant should depend on the two states and they should have a conversation.""Testing and Tracing are the key to fight COVID19. Humanism, protection and financial security must drive our approach to dealing with migrant labourers. This is the only way ahead," the Congress said while sharing the video.The Congress has been urging the government to increase random testing in the country.