They said it was found in 80-85%t COVID patients that the symptoms were mild and vanished soon if the treatment commenced on the first or the second day. They should not spend heavily in private hospitals as the treatment there was no different from government institutions. Both government and private hospitals followed the same set of standard protocols of treatment. The first step of doctors at hospitals was to stabilise patients as soon as symptoms were diagnosed. The government was now doing 10,000 tests a day but likely to step them up to 20,000 or 25,000 a day in future.

Source: The Hindu July 23, 2020 15:45 UTC