The AP Health department has acknowledged the virus has extended to community transmission and so the government is on high alert. In the next few days, the health department is planning to do conduct random tests for nearly two to three lakh people at once. The health department in its survey identified 5000 people with Corona virus symptoms and they are under scanner.
About 20 Lakh PPE and 14 N95 masks have been readied for the health care workers and medical teams who will be conducting these tests, informed health department special secretary Janardhan Reddy.