In tandem with the rise in the numbers of Coronavirus cases Bengaluru would be the first to have its own mobile booths to test COVID-19 infection, Karnataka government said. Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa inaugurating a mobile Coronavirus testing booth in the State capital assures that the mobile booths would start working in all wards of the city to collect swab samples of the suspected, news agency ANI reported.

Kerala, a week ago deployed an indigenously developed walk-in sample collection kiosk to test patients with symptoms of COVID-19. The kiosk modeled like one used in South Korea that does not need health workers to wear protective gear.